The issue is I've searched every inch of the generator room and the only nesty-type place I can find is this small corner that has four or five "egg clutches". Upon interacting with any of them, it simply opens up inventories. Since the sonic emitter is a quest item, I assume there should be a dialogue asking me, instead, if I want to activate the emitter. And because it is a quest item, I can't just dump it from my inventory (no, not even in the egg clutches). So now I'm stuck with 5.0 wg of useless quest item crowding my inventory.
Is there something I missed?
