Useless Items

Useless Items are objects in System Shock that can be picked up, but serve no purpose to the Hacker.

Overview
During his journey through the Citadel Station, the Hacker finds various human parts and rubbish littering the Station's rooms and corridors, as well as on the bodies of deceased crew members and some of the defeated enemies.

These items serve no practical purpose in the game and can be vaporized from the inventory. To do so, click on the GENERAL tab (third from the left) at the bottom of the MFD, select any red (useless) item, click on the ITEM tab on either side of the screen (second from above) and press the VAPORIZE button.

The inventory also has a barely known Auto-Vaporize function: if the General inventory section is already full (14 items), storing any additional item of that category will automatically vaporize all currently carried red items.

Alternatively, they can be destroyed using even the weakest weapons such as Lead Pipe, the Dart Pistol or the Stun Gun, however using the SparqBeam set on a very low energy setting seems to be the most convenient option.