Instanciated gameobject acts like it's a prefab.

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Im working on modular space ships, customizable by the player. A ship has hardpoints, which hold modules, which in turn can hold more modules, etc. etc.

The code of a hardpoint at this moment looks very simple;

public class Hardpoint : MonoBehaviour {
    public GameObject holds;
    public ComponentObject.Type[] canHold;
    //public int id;
    private GameObject heldInstance;

    public void SpawnComponent() {
        Debug.Log("SpawnComponent Called.");
        Clear();
        heldInstance = Instantiate(holds, transform.position, transform.rotation) as GameObject;
        heldInstance.transform.SetParent(transform);
    }

    public void RollThroughDecompression(CompressedComponent c) {
        Debug.Log("Rolling through Decompression.");
        heldInstance.GetComponent<ComponentObject>().Decompress(c);
    }

    public void Clear() {
        foreach (Transform child in transform)
        {
            Destroy(child.gameObject);
        }
    }
}

however, it all acts like it’s a prefab. because error messages i’m getting are:
Destroying assets is not permitted to avoid data loss.
If you really want to remove an asset use DestroyImmediate (theObject, true);
and
Setting the parent of a transform which resides in a prefab is disabled to prevent data corruption.

I’m completely lost at this point.

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Hi, how is your SpawnComponent() function called? Maybe you are calling it on prefab instead on its instance.