Scarlet Spear bug on space missions with pet

[-Feral-]

I've noticed regularly that if I host a second run in the flotilla in a space mission by cat does not spawn.  It still shows in the HUD with shield and health stats but does not appear and I get no buffs.  Another often annoying feature is that auto beaming back after the oplink is completed bugs your pet revive.  It's often left at whatever the recovery percentage is and 5k metres away for the rest of the mission.  They should return to the ship in the same way a downed player can be revived on the landing pad in the RJ.

I suspect this is partly due to the way that pets locations are managed.  As I have tactical 10 I beam down once a beacon is activated, I'll often have a ship full of pets whilst the team are in AW mode and getting to the murex.  Perhaps that disconnect is contributing to the issue.