Oh, good, it's not just me. Went back to play that scenario to get my sweet sweet cheevo and ran into the same bug. Thought it might have something to do with upgrading to Win 10, so I was doing a bunch of troubleshooting before reporting it.
Also been having CTDs when I try to save a design for a custom ship inside that scenario. I can save a design a custom ship for the Snathi in sandbox mode, though. Very odd.
But, yes. I can't get that ship at the beginning. Kinda makes that scenario hard to win. 