GPLTs and Upgrade slots

[foremir]

If I have Quark assigned to my ship through the crew slot granted by Cargo Hold, and discard him to reveal and deploy a tech upgrade to my ship. Does his vacated crew/tech slot persist for me to buy him back the next activation phase with Gold-Pressed Latinum tokens (at printed cost) so long as his point cost does not violate the cargo hold restriction?

[stawrulesteam]

No, slots granted by upgrades do not persist.