To be, or yacht to be

[Tsukiyumi]

Well, the E-E's yacht seemed quite a bit more powerful than a shuttle; maybe they're used in situations where a more powerful auxiliary craft is needed.

[Mark]

As opposed to a runabout? IIRC, didn't it have some technobabble primary weapon and no traditional ones?

[kostmayer]

Evev more strange to me was the Captains private dining room on the Intrepid.

[Mikey]

Well, the E-E's yacht seemed quite a bit more powerful than a shuttle; maybe they're used in situations where a more powerful auxiliary craft is needed.

I agree with Mark - Data's craft from FC which Graham identified as a "Scout" or a runabout could have been comfortably carried in the E-E's shuttlebay. The non-canon yacht from the GCS is even weirder, as it was supposedly unarmed and incapable of FTL travel... a luxury shuttlepod, if you will.

As opposed to a runabout? IIRC, didn't it have some technobabble primary weapon and no traditional ones?

I believe you're right.

Evev more strange to me was the Captains private dining room on the Intrepid.

That doesn't bother me. Even small starships are very big things.