I have scanned every room in the starport and i can't find anything. I know I must be missing something. and anytime i find an npc with the little off planet transport icon thing, i can't talk to him/her. any ideas?

To get off planet you need to go to a starport controlled by NPC's.

Either that or you can join a faction and get a pick up, or spend a few cp's when you have them to buy a cheap longprobe.

i went to the only starport in the city...

Planet guide

from the planet guide we can see that NPC transport is available from FFC Budnick 5 9.

I am not sure which city you are in at the moment but it should be worthwhile renting a speeder if it is quite far as that is the only place with an NPC starport which allows transport off the planet. I am not sure of the cost of getting off the planet so you may still be better off joining a faction and getting them to pay!

thank you very much for the info, i'll look into it. =)