Hitting a wall
Hi there! I'm playing this for the first time, solo, and for the most part really enjoying it. I have got to the point where I can open a portal to explore other wrecks, and I'm waiting to hit the animals milestone. It feels like I've run out of things to do, and the animals milestone is taking forever to get to. I'm only at about 40%. I spent my whole play session last night just sending out more rockets to speed it up, but it seems like it only helps a little.
Is this basically the last stage? Is there something I'm missing? Does this stage just take extra long? I feel like I'm just killing time waiting for the next stage, and I'm not sure how to speed it up. I've installed new drills, heaters, trees, etc, but it seems to only help a tiny bit.
What am I missing?
Edit: Not sure why asking a question is getting me downvoted, but whatever.
I've invested in fuses/boosters, rockets, etc. for my last several playthoughs. At this point I'm just repeating the same tasks with no new benifit or content. Is this the last push of the game? Is the rest of the game a slog like this? I enjoyed it up to this point, but by now I'm just bored.