Walking to point, wierd quaternion problem

Hello, folks! I'm starting to learn MOGRE (and C# for this particular reason, lol) and trying to implement simple order-based unit control (like in typical noname RTS). I have a code, based on tutorial, which turns unit in required direction and update code to move it that way.
Facing code

// Here Destination is Vector3 with coordinates to move and _baseNode is the node i want to move.
// _destination is used to store target place inside unit object
_destination = Destination - _baseNode.Position;
// _distance is just a float to store... um... distance?
_distance = _destination.Length;
_destination.Normalise();
// Model is ogreface which faces positive UNIT_Z, so changed it from UNIT_X
Quaternion _direction = (_baseNode.Orientation * Vector3.UNIT_Z).GetRotationTo(_destination);
_baseNode.Rotate(_direction);
_order = Action; // Nevermind, just fragment of order system

Update code

// Here I move node along it's own Z axis (facing direction)
_baseNode.Translate(new Vector3(0, 0, (_moveSpeed * delta)), Node.TransformSpace.TS_LOCAL);
_distance -= (_moveSpeed * delta);


Here is my weird problem. If i first move the node along global Z axis (for example give unit (0,0,150) target coordinates), all works well and all following commands are properly executed, node moves just as i think it should. If, however, first movement would be not along global Z, but along global X, for example (coordinates like (-200,0,0) or anything but Z), node goes crazy and turns to random point (and random coordinates) on each next order.

Now, I already solved it by a dirty hack (added Translate(Vector.UNIT_Z) to constructor) so it works as i want. But still i want to know, is it an OGRE bug, intended feature (like "node should be ... before transformations") or i just screwed up something?

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Ok, i found why this doesn't work xD. But the question remains. Why i can't just rotate node in some direction, and then move it along it's axis? Is it theoretically possible, or something wrong with this? (besides the fact it didn't work)