General Problem with assumption: Why would players be 1 week in starport?

[coliver988]

Totally okay*

*Not okay

 

[atpollard]

It has probably been mentioned already, but a “week” really isn’t 7 days wandering the port since there are LOTS of things that happen between EXIT JUMPSPACE and ENTER JUMPSPACE.

• Some worlds are inside the Jump Shadow of their sun and may need a day or two to travel to and from the Jump Point (that would be 1 day travel each direction on most worlds and 2 days travel each way on some worlds … so there goes 2 to 4 of those 7 days).
• Some worlds require ships to unload in orbit and take a shuttle to the planet surface. That means time in the High Port, clearing customs, arranging shipment of freight, booking a shuttle flight (if you intend to actually set foot on the planet). That could take half a day to a full day in each direction for people and cargo on a high Law Level/Government world … (there goes 1 to 2 of those 7 days)
• You have now arrived on the surface of the planet anywhere from 1.5 to 3 days after exiting JUMPSPACE and with anywhere from 1.5 to 3 days travel time needed to return to the Jump Point. That means 3 to 6 days of the “week” are accounted for and your adventure/rest is only really filling in the 1 to 4 remaining days to maintain an average “1 week” schedule.

Hand waving away all the different possibilities to just “Exit jump and instantly arrive on the planet” is what makes the 1 week seem “broken” or odd. It can be a far more variable period of time (from one world to the next).