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So, what you're calling "lightning", is electricity discharging from the ground. my thought process there is this:

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yk how when you're first looking at the civilian vehicles in the vehicle bay at Astrape, how the description mentions the vehicles not containing any internal power generation? well, it also mentions how there is a circuit under the paved roads that would transmit wireless power. 

HISTORY NERD STUFF WARNING: this is technology that was first discovered by Nikola Tesla, but his facilities were sabotaged bc of bigheaded people with their eyes only on the money that is made from selling other electronics. Tesla wanted to advance society, but society didn't want to be advanced. In recent years this ideas being innovated into tech such as wireless chargers for phones, apple/smart watches, and most recently: electric car charging. This society seems to have normalized it and perfected its effectiveness.

NORMAL TALK AGAIN: that strayed a little bit off topic, but basically this planet uses technology thats only used a little bit today. When you get near Astrape, it mentions how the farmland recedes into paved roads/ground. My theory is there's the same wireless transfer circuits under this as well, and the power grid has a new connection(your rover), and the power to your rover surges. This would cause the large electrical arc that hits your rover damaging your air recycler and destroying your pressure regulator, and complex machinery, such as a water recycler, are absolutely fried.

How to fix this problem [MINOR SPOILERS]: I have not tried this yet, but I think that just putting the water recycler in the trunk and NOT installing it will cause its internal electronics to not get fried. I have already touched all the current artifacts and [spoiler] the power doesn't surge for me anymore. [spoiler ends] If anyone still receives surges and wants to try this out, lmk how it turns out please. 

for anyone who has beared with me throughout this probably 2-5 minute read, i award you with the "pretty much wasted your time" award. hooray! you did it.

also Shadowplay200007, sorry if the beginning sounded rude or condescending. i merely used "lightning" because thats how you worded it. no hate. hope ur day was wonderful.