Weird cargo canister pallet protection bug

I was given one of those quick-expiry, urgent "protect the canisters pallet" missions.

Three dropships brought attackers.

The third, however, materialised under the ground instead of in the sky.

I was able to use my personal sidearms to destroy it by shooting at its raider "ship kit" poking above the sand, eventually (after several trips to the ammo boxes). But it had "dropped" some red arrows who could talk under the ground - heard one of them say something odd about "captain on board" or similar, which I've never heard raiders say before. Perhaps a slip from dialogue planned for boarding actions? Who knows.

Anyway, they were unreachable even with grenades and ship dumbfire missiles so I had to reboot the instance.

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Usually if you move far enough away, the ship will manage to dislodge itself from the ground. I've only had it happen at salvage missions (when pirates are dropped while you cut open a satellite or containers), could be a bit problematic if you have to move too far away from the settlement to be able to get back in time to stop them sabotaging the payload.
 
Haven't seen that one for a while and never at a settlement. It was always funny watching the approach in a ship seeing them flying underground and trying to pop out of the planet.
 
Usually if you move far enough away, the ship will manage to dislodge itself from the ground. I've only had it happen at salvage missions (when pirates are dropped while you cut open a satellite or containers), could be a bit problematic if you have to move too far away from the settlement to be able to get back in time to stop them sabotaging the payload.
This one didn't seem to want to, possibly because it was stuck under a lamppost.
 
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