Object References Vanishing

Development Pipeline & Plugins Editor Scripting
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My default pawn in “public:”

// The SkillUserComponent that manages the stats of the user
    UPROPERTY(BlueprintReadWrite, EditAnywhere, Category = "Properties")
    USkillUserComponent *SkillUserComponent;

the pawn printing to the screen…

// Called when the game starts or when spawned
    void ASkillUsingPawn::BeginPlay()
    {
        Super::BeginPlay();
        if (SkillUserComponent) {
            print("I have a SkillUserComponent");
            ASkillManager *sm = nullptr;
            if (IsValid(sm = Cast<AMyGameMode>(()->GetAuthGameMode())->SkillManager)) {
                print("A SkillManager exists within the GameMode!");
                if (IsValid(sm->MasterArsenal)) {
                    print("MasterArsenal is valid. Assigning to SkillUser");
                    SkillUserComponent->SkillSystem->Arsenal = sm->MasterArsenal;
                }
            }
        }
    }

The SkillUserComponent was being initialized in the ASkillUsingPawn constructor via…

SkillUserComponent = CreateDefaultSubobject<USkillUserComponent>(TEXT("SkillUserComponent"));
    SkillUserComponent->RegisterComponent();

…and the reference remains valid here, but by the BeginPlay event, it doesn’t print anything. When I attached the components in a Blueprint and assigned them to the member variables in the ConstructionScript, THEN it worked.