Oh yay, I get a double post here. This may be a first.
Anyway, I took a mission out of Macon in Burgundy, Council, Assassination, worth 640K I believe. It had me fighting in the nebula to the south, or rather it would have if the server hadn't crashed as soon as I launched.
PS. I had taken an assassination mission from there just before that was worth 900K or so and that worked just fine and was to the North I believe.
PPS. I did the exact same mission again when the server came up again, to the south, assassination, worth 475K and there was no crash, so perhaps this isnt bugged.... I feel so unsatisfied...