Hmmm... that smells more like something being corrupted in the game files or your savegame
1. Are you patched? You might try applying the patch to see if it corrects this.
2. You might also try reinstalling W&W. Save your savegame directory and roster.dat, and use them with the new installation. If something inadvertently got corrupted, that could fix it.
3. Have you tried leaving BR by the other gate? Perhaps that might reset something...
Let's start with that and see what happens.