How do I wait 1 "cycle" on the same planet?
I have started as a miner character, and I'm only allowed to mine with my drone once a week, then it's on maintenance for the rest of the time, I can make the time go by traveling to another planet, but that seems like a ridiculous way to make time move if that's the only way? That means I can at best mine every 2'nd week, not every week?
Yes, the game is 100% turn-based and the player needs to travel around to advance the week. The main point of this is so you are incentivized to look out for other ways to earn income or find activities to spend your time on.
If not, then the game would have more in common with an idler instead.
Don't forget you can buy more mining drones as well on the planet Structor, which you also need to travel for.
In your example, you would mine, then head out somewhere else to look for a different activity and then if you want, you can return for more mining. Or pick up some passengers for extra income, or whatever else that might seem interesting to do.
One of the features that didn't quite make it yet of the drawing board, was a way to advance the time while you're in your home, if you own a home.
Thanks for the feedback! New features are added all the time and existing ones are always being refined.