The problem is that with limited food and water supplies. If I had plenty of each, then I could do the drive to Astrape without the advanced rotors and instead install the solar panels (as there is only one set of 5 metal plates I've found). Solar power trickle charge is "probably" 4th.
Santorini usually explodes before I have a chance to visit it for its charger. Though maybe now that I've unlocked remote tram usage, I could park the rover at Santorini... Hmm I'll try that next actually.
I charged it from the rover.
Once you have mapped the improved route from Santorini (and maybe completed it once) it's no longer necessary to use the upgraded motors to make good time in getting there.
Then, solar panels, plus installed generator, plus the fuel cells from the quarry, were enough to charge the Power Block.
Loot T. Take Generator with you. Tunnel to L. Get supplies from the rover and outside. Don't even bother going inside. Tunnel back to T. Drive to Dam. Enter S. Recharge rover/get supplies. Should have max fuel cells. Drive to A. Use fuel cells and generator to charge power block. At least how I did it. Been stuck taking the long way to A as well since my non follow the tracks route forgot it exists.
Edit: Just noticed a 4.028 download. Very nice.
Well I crunched the numbers and found that its actually faster to go from Santorini, to the Dam, then the Dam to Astrape. You might save power by going the Santorini to Astrape route, but its faster to go the other way. With only one loop (so the 1.2x multiplier), you save about ~2.5 minutes of time going to dam then to Astrape, rather than Santorini to Astrape.
However, I never figured out how to get the optimized route for Santorini to Astrape, so its possible with the optimized route, its actually faster.
