SPRT trade station took ownership of my ship connector inside safe zone.

Backstory:

New sandbox game started after release of Economy 2

Over the last couple of play sessions I have completed several search and acquisition contracts for an SPRT base just ouside the gravity well of the moon.

Reputation between -1500 and -500 with the SPRT faction and I could not dock with the landing pad connector on the base. I suspect this is normal due to hostile status.

Reputation at 490 SPRT no longer shown as hostile (red) now neutral (white)

Decided to sell components at SPRT station. SPRT station allowed docking connectors to engage. Went inside station to check contracts and sell components.

My ship connector was not displayed in the list of storage blocks in the station STORE interface. Sold components from main cargo container.

Got back in ship and tried to unlock connector and the icon in the cockpit bar was greyed out. Tried to unlock using build vision and I no longer had access to the connector. Build vision showed my ship connector belonging to the SPRT faction. Now ship is docked to a station inside safe zone and I cannot unlock the connector.

I did a "save as" to the game then went back to main menu and loaded a backup autosave. Then resold the components in multiple inventory trips.