...start way too slow IMO.
Of my default start ships. both the colony and survey ship have a move of 4, the scout ship moves 3.
It doesnt make any kind of sense for my little scout to be slower than the colony ship...it cant even scout for the colony ship. And this makes it by far the most useless of the start ships.
Later of course, scout ships become OP with all the sensor stacking, which I hope gets nerfed at some point (diminishing returns for sensor stacking)
But I think ships that have no shields, weapons, or modules other than sensors (a scout ship!) should have some sort of small speed boost. Maybe such a ship gets +1 or +2 added to its movement. I think they should start at least as fast as the other ships, and maybe faster.