Speed issues

Is there any way to set the speed of a ship in route to be a little faster than the default setting? I have a Transport ship moving across space a pretty great distance with the Artemis as an escort. It is taking a really long time and I would like a little more speed.

Is there a way to make the enemy chase the target faster so it will ensure it catches up?

Also,
I have placed an enemy ship on the map and have a condition and event set up so when the transport enters a sphere the enemy will attack. The problem I have ran across is by default the enemy is slowly progressing fwd from the start of game messing up my plans.


Thanks

P.S

My gaming group got to play this week and we are sold :) Had a great time.