Adding a new resource to an object that isn't already a resource producer means it does not show up in the top bar. Adding power to an object that doesn't have a power connection means the power cannot be used. So power can be added to a power conduit, and this will power things ...
Oh, wait, I can't put it here because you say it doesn't fit? Well. * Combat. Fallout has never been a really good FPS, and that is compounded here. Even if the later versions of Fallout leaned a bit more heavily into trying to be a FPS, there were still enough RPG elements ...