I started playing this again after a while, awesome as I remembered, although I began a new game with lower difficulty (the 2nd of the list) so that I could reach the point I left faster before switching back (about August or so). However, as a complete surprise I stumbled upon a craft filled with goddamn Armored Zombies. They had good gear and protection but thankfully they can't shoot for shit. I checked if it was possible to defeat them with enough application of blunt trauma, but the most I managed to do was to stun one and steal his stuff before being forced into a tactical retreat.
Just for fun, I used the CTR+J/K combo trick to see what I would gain if I was to pass that mission (since I doubt there's a legit way of doing so), but then the game crashed with a Segmentation fault error.
Attaching a file so that you can check it yourselves. I'm using a few mods for music and minor gameplay fixes, but nothing major.