"Parking" at Lagrange 4 or 5?

During a space cold war, a ship from the ideological enemy is not allowed remain in orbit while some of their investigators visit a crash site.

• The reason why is narrative "“ to separate the characters from their support ship.
• Their stay will be a few weeks, and the ship is independent (no fuel or supplies needed).
• The technology level is space opera "“ other planets are days/weeks away, other star systems are more than a month away. FTL technology is never explained (take your pick).

Would the ship move to Lagrange 4 or 5 to "park" and wait?

Would one have an advantage over the other in terms of getting back to the planet? Would the ship actually need to move all the way to the Lagrange point, or could it just "park" anywhere outside the planet's hill sphere for the short time?

The goal is to create a delay in getting rescued.

posted over 5 years ago

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