>>535385762
You can still do it mid-mission in Axion. It's annoying and you have to click it like 20 times sometimes but it will work most of the time if you aren't getting hit or hitting something. If you're in a group you can abandon, run for 3 seconds, catalyze, then rejoin.

I did it in Axion. I solo Technical Research Institute, then join a different group with whatever they were doing, finish up their mission, then go back to Technical Research Institute. You can go 1-40 in 10 min if the other group is reliable.