miner bug

[verbosity]

if I have 5 cargo bays ( filled with stuff ), then sell stuff from one cargo bay ( 4 full with 1 free ), then go into the shipyard to reduce the number of cargo bays, it automatically removes cargo bay 5 whether or not its got cargo in it, would it not make sense for the game to check if a cargo bay is free ( or a way to move stuff from one bay to another one at least )

[Vice]

The easy way to do that is to just enter the hangar directly from the shipyard, unload the item(s) from your cargo bay, then reload them on your ship. They'll automatically be placed in open cargo bays in the order you sort them. Then store or rebuild your ship as desired.