Mission timer bug?

[Erithtotl]

I am very new to this game but I think I found a bug. The first mission I took, a 'Return Ship Mission', as a Terran. With 1 1/2 hours left on the mission timer, I'm on my way back with the recovered ship when I get a 'time ran out and I'm reporting you to the police' message. This pretty much ruins the game since you have no chance against the police at that point in the game.

[Eriru Drourojj]

i have pretty much the same problem i had about 1/2 my time left on same kind of mission,
however most of the time as long as i have the ship if the timer runs out it doesn't matter you can still return the ship when this happens it makes sense that the timer is only required really till you capture the ship.

Also it's extremely annoying how your ranks don't drop an appropriate amount. i.e. i was a argon "trusted ally" which then dropped to "known antagonist" when the mission said i failed.

ES can you shed any light on this?

[Samjake7]

I had 2 1/2 hours left on one of these missions until gate reached then I get the time ran out message. This mission was rated very easy!