I like the new difficulty with the Itani Test Pilot mission. However, there is a problem with the bots getting lost if you stray too far from your entry point. This means that a mediocre pilot, such as myself, can't succeed using a fighter ship as the ship gets swarmed if you stay in one place. And if you use hit-and-run tactics, jumping out to repair costs you the mission because, to the best of my ability, the bots are not locatable.

If the pilot leaves the sector, the bots should orient to some random location within range of the entry player's entry point so that the mission can continue and the player is not fearful of crossing some unknown threshold that will end the mission.

I was taking the mission from Setalli Shinas L12 station to multiple sectors. I'm on an HP laptop Windows 11. I did not test without plugins as the mission eventually passed and I no longer have access to it. A player I know also experienced the same thing when he took it recently.