[TML] Query Re Exiting Jump Space

[royce at efn.org]

Hi, All,
   A question about exiting out of jump space.  What happens when there is
matter in your exit point?  I mean, more than the usual atoms of
interplanetary vacuum.
   Case 1:  My lab ship jumps into the tail of a comet.  Does the
atmosphere of my ship now contain gas from the comet?  Not that it'd be
thick enough to notice, of course, but wouldn't it be there?  Could a
habit of jumping into cometary tails build up impurities in my
equipment, as the gas atoms get trapped inside the matter appearing
around them?
   Case 2:  Amazingly unlucky.  My belter takes his seeker out of jump
near a desirable asteroid.  Oops, it's surrounded by a field of pebbles
and dust, and now I've got a pebble ricocheting off the wall and dust
inside my lanthanum coils and microprocessors.  Right?  Wrong?
   Guidance is welcome.
   Sincerely,
Asher