I have reached the mission to destroy the Sithrak Portal. However, from the base I start at I don't even reach the Perdition system and I'm getting a popup window saying I've failed.

I was originally using a Terran Battleship Mark III and thought that was just to slow. I've since tried a Terran Cruiser and still I can't even get to the Portal before I am notified that I have failed. The Last time I attempted the mission I did'nt stop or slow down at all and that did'nt work either. Has anyone else had this problem? If so is there a fix? Or am I supposed to fail?
