Quest Problem - Santa-Maria "Robbery" (using vanilla 7.62 with 1.06 patch)

[gestalt17]

Hello all,

Recently reinstalled 7.62 (with unofficial 1.06 patch), and came across an awesome quest that I cannot believe I have missed in the past. Yes, it's the Santa-Maria "Robbery" quest. The quest-giver trader required me to recover a merchandise crate from some bandits, with the promise of some eldos and a nice brand new MP5SD.

I managed to find the bandits and plow right through them (only had 2 guys, one with a shotgun and another with a revolver, but we used the cover of darkness and terrain/defilade to take potshots and flank them)... only to find that the merchandise crate and the MP5SD were highlighted RED in the inventory/scavenge screen ("Unable to take item").

Is there something I'm not doing right, or is this a horrible bug that means that I have to start the mission all over again? I've checked the entire game world of the sector but can't see the crate or the SMG anywhere, despite them showing up in the inventory/scavenge screen.