while evacuating Vega, when I escort the transport carrying the Vega "President" (or something) and his staff, the cats launch a barrage of capmissiles after the convoy.
All the time i tried to save every last one of the transporters but did not succeed. Then I decided to see what all the other fighters are doing.
To my surprise, they stayed in formation with the convoy until the capship-missile came within a range of approximately 10k-15k klicks.
Thanks for sharing your experience. The mission is indeed working as designed. Fighters will intercept incoming cap ship missiles once these are in range.