Hay guys, just a question on the passanger rescue missions. Is it pure RNG

I felt as tho I wanted to be a part of the community period and after 2k hr. In total game play. On this run-through, I have yet to die in the game outside of attempting to rescue passenger's missions VIA thargoid attack. I have tried this with multiple ships and can only complete every other one without dying, fully upgraded, nonengineered. However, I get locked in an instance and then 10 to 20 sec. Get one shotted, chaff , heat sinks , shields, or boosters , does nothing , but every other one there is no instance so I can fillfil the mission, it seems to me In my opinion that there are behind the scenes THINGS going on out of my controal which makes this gameplay loop crap if infact that's how the game is being ran. Am I wrong ??? I listened to Team youtube to outrun thargoids, so I upgraded a mamba with passenger cabins just to try it and still the same outcome. This loop of rescue missions is 50/50 to achieve. Is this actually the case ???