If they don’t have a place to sleep, multi-day trips they talk about using shuttlecraft for don’t make sense. Clearly there’s a fold-down bunk or something. I mean there doesn’t look like there’s any place for a toilet either, but there’s no way they can be in a shuttlecraft for hours or days and not need one. They gave Scotty a shuttle and he went off to explore the universe. Does that make sense if there’s nowhere to sleep?

You aren’t outrunning an aircraft carrier, those behemoths can outrun most of their escorts if they want

No it’s a boat. A ship is capable of carrying a boat.