system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
What is the general purpose of a self-destruct button?

Is it so enemies can't salvage and possibly steal secret information from a ship?
gpt
Or to deny your enemies access to whatever technology or weaponry you have on that ship. Also, you never know when you'll need to utilize that self-destruct feature to cleverly defeat an unsuspecting foe by blowing up the interior of a hangar.