u/ElonyrM

I've got a question regarding batteries; The only ones I can see are the crude one you start off with which has a fair bit of storage but takes up lots of space, flywheel batteries and chemical batteries. Now I'm assuming I need to build a chemical battery if I want better storage (seriously, the flywheels run out so fast!) but even though I've finally managed to get some sulphuric acid, I can't seem to find any vanadium. From what I can tell it's right down the bottom of the map behind those 'barrier' sectors. Is this right? I'd kind of assumed that was some kind of endgame area but I don't know how else I would get better batteries beyond the starting ones. Am I just supposed to build more flywheels?

Can I just confirm something with you guys? On offline single player mode the game doesn't progress when you are not playing but I've just noticed that the time limit for Corpo Contracts DOES seem to go down when I've not been playing. Surely this is totally insane and I just misread this right? Nothing in the universe progresses while I'm not playing including my production but the deadline does??

If this is true rethink this one, Shiro!