Maelstrom Missions: Nope, thats not narrative gaming.

[Charon]

All the games i've played (4 so far) have meant I have to pop out of cover and grab an objective quickly, at least once.

Other times I've had to move forward and grab an objective to prevent an opponent grabbing it. If you have enough units to grab all 6 objectives and sit on them with Troops so they can't be contested, then the games you're playing are probably too big.

So you havent played any Maelstrom games yet but you "discuss" the topic. Mhm...
Flashnews. What you describe is no Maelstrom game.