Fun but Im stuck!

This game is pretty good and lots of fun but can be very unforgiving at times. I am currently stuck on a story mission where you meet up with some other ships and transfer some goods only to find that its a trap. I die instantly with no option to avoid it. If I try to dock before meeting up with the ships, I fail the mission! If I try to complete the mission, I die instantly before being able to even target a single enemy. So I dont know what else to do aside from starting over from scratch. The feeling of free roam in a fairly large universe is lost when forced to complete missions before being able to do anything else.

JoeMotive about Stellar Wanderer