My head canon at least is that impulse engines don't work alone to drive a 700 kilotonne ship to 0.25c. The deflector uses subspace to effectively lower the mass of the ship to something capable of being driven to those spreads. Otherwise Einstein comes and fucks with you.
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You also have Emissary where the deflector is used to reduce the mass of the station.