I don't know who made it but it seems the overall setup of this mission lacks an achievable goal by a single player.

The mission objective seems rather simple, protect an observer in a Hive sector and destroy 8 bots in a couple of sectors. However, the mission loves to send the player to a guardian infested Hive sector, by no means is this simple, protecting a paper thin hull observer with no dodging skills against Aputech-5 guardians which they come in pairs of 2s or 3s.

Is the mission intended to thrust a person and bot companion observer into guardians and the sole purpose to protect the bot companion from guardians and in failing to do so has to wait another hour just to have the same thing happen again?

I have had the same problem. If the gaurdians came after the player first and left the bot alone it might be a bit more workable.... or if the bot had a bit of dodging ability....