Budgeted Game Start - upgraded crews not working?

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So, I just started a new budgeted game start as ZYA.

Decided to give myself a cobra, and load em up with elite marines. Chose the Split Military Crew - Elite.... and I meet the cost requirements easily for the scenario to start, but once I get into game... the Cobra has all crew assigned, but they're not elite at anything... they're not even veteran, not as marines or service crew.

What exactly am I paying for? Of the 25 crew on board the cobra, 21 of them have like 1 star in morale and no full stars in anything else for an overall rating of Zero stars, and i have 4 crewman with an overall crew rating of like 1/3 of a star....

The captain did come with the correct stars, but the Split Miliary Crew - Elite... are not elite at all. Also, with choosing a Split Military Crew option, I thought the crew would be completely Split... but I have a smattering of every race as the crew.

I also have a small station with 2 medium miners and like 5 M freighters... all of them selected with Split Freighter Crew - Regular... they ALL have higher star ratings than my Elite marines, but again, they are all mixed races.

Has anyone else run into an issue like this?