Diagnosis Info
- Game version: v2.21 (341463)
- Affected war effort: ARG vs XEN
- Example (working): https://imgur.com/a/kGtgIDl
- Example (bugged): https://imgur.com/a/vE35S81
How I found the bug
Previously I decided to get some mods to spice up the game. The result was increased Xenon invasions and occasional pirate spawns.
I didn't take the "initiator" mission until late in the game because I was focusing on the rather fragile economy that my mod combination has resulted in. And when I finally took it, there was no guidance to lead me to the mission actor.
From my previous, unmodded runs I know that the ARG vs XEN "initiator" mission will be directing me to a ARG station in Hatikvah's Choice 3, where I will be speaking to a mission actor in the War Room. I then noticed that Hatikvah's Choice 3 is basically empty from all the battles and attrition and destruction.
So, my guess is that since the actor follows the station, when the station is killed, the actor is killed too, but then there was no replacement actor to be found, so now I have a mission that requires me to find someone that (probably) doesn't exist.