I will most likely be laughed at for missing something quite obvious here, but I'm hoping that if I couldn't see it and if I report it, then maybe this can help other dumb players down the road. Tutorial #3, Power Plant, first task is to build a water pump, ok, looking at the materials I need an automation core, ok, looking at my crafting book, I don't see that anywhere... ok...? emptied all the chests around, destroyed everything I could around looking for an automation core... nothing. I mean, what am I missing? Bugged?

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Adding more details:
base mod v0.18.22
krastorio 2 v0.9.14
no other mods

Krastorio 2 (K2) isn't meant for be used with base game tutorials, and there's no reason to implement this feature.
If u want do the tutorials, I suggest u to do it vanilla (removing K2), and after, play the meant modality (reinstalling the mod) of K2 called "freeplay", to enjoy the mod