Okay, messing around with the game more, this is the other lingering problem I remember: Science missions are one of the highest-risk missions, yet they offer almost no reward whatsoever. Totally worthless, there's no point in entering these. It's just a big box filled with a million bots. No loot inside at all. The level generator also tends to start the player near some enemy bots, already in their sight range, so they're awake and coming at you the moment the mission starts. HunterBots are also a problem in a wide-open level like this.
Not really a major priority issue, but still, kinda annoying.