Protect the Escape Pod mission - where’s the ammo?

I’ve just attempted a mission type for the first time - protect an escape pod from incoming baddies. Whenever I’ve been at a surface installation previously, I’ve almost been tripping over open ammo cans they’re that plentiful 😁 I’ve never had an issue resupplying thanks to the nearby bullet icons on my suit radar.

This mission - nothing. My radar displayed recharge points, friendly green turrets, and the objective. I managed to get all the way through the enemy waves, “Final Dropship Inbound” and dropped the last bad guy with an empty rifle and a handful of bullets left in my sidearm. Then the game went “haha, (middle finger) Additional Dropships Detected” and my only option was to head back to my ship to resupply - naturally the Escape Pod objective was swiftly destroyed before I was halfway there 😅

I checked the base exterior later and there were no ammo boxes anywhere. Is this normal for these missions? Like, it’s a gamey way of making them more difficult?
 
Some I have played have had ammo, health & power inside the settlement buildings (one with stuff atop one) but they are normally visible in the map.
Possibly you had a bugged one - I've not done sufficient of them to be a complete authority on what is where!
 
Well I found out yesterday that this problem has ceased to be a problem in an interesting way - the protect/safeguard type of mission no longer activates once you reach the target settlement 😅 Thankfully it has already been reported and confirmed* by sufficient players:


Can’t run out of ammo if there aren’t any baddies to shoot at!

*Edit: …and now Acknowledged by FDev 👍
 
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