Talk:Rescue/@comment-2003:E7:5F2B:60EE:80DB:599A:8CAC:ECBC-20190805094404

"The hostage must simply be alive at the moment when the Tenno reach extraction" -  that's not quite correct.

It doesn't directly result in a mission failure when the bleedout timer runs out. You still have a few seconds after that to reach extraction.

On several occasions I managed to succeed the mission even though the hostage died before reaching extraction and Lotus told me that I failed the mission.

Mission failure is only triggered a few seconds after Lotus tells you so. So when you're close to extraction when the hostage dies, extract anyway and you will still succeed.

NOTE: this probably only works when doing it solo. When playing online, if the entire squad isn't at extraction until that moment, the mission will likely fail I'm guessing.

tl;dr: As soon as the hostage gets downed, you have roughly 30 seconds (20 seconds bleedout + 10 seconds from the Lotus transmission, didn't actually time that yet) to reach extraction, either solo or with every squad member present at extraction point.