Too much typing!
You mentioned the ridiculous amount of typing required to link to a new mission. Try this:
[[/Mission Name/]]
That will link the entire path up to the current page and mission name and will display only the mission name. See below:
In this case, the path name is User talk: Sympleko. The link will take you to User talk: Sympleko/Mission Name. Hope this helps!--Dukeruckley 08:26, 3 July 2006 (PDT)