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Nice!!!!!!!I'm an idiot...
I decided to revisit the panel connections to make sure they were all securely connected. As I was doing so...hello what is this connector and where does it connect to? Could not see a corresponding connection receptacle for the orphaned plug. Went back and looked at the original panel and lo and behold there is an essential component press-nut secured to the side of the cup the fob is put into, and it had a female connection point that matched the orphaned plug in the console. Removed this component and secured to the same location of the new panel and voila. Truck now starts.
Thanks for all you who responded, it helped me get to a place where I needed to look more closely at what I was doing.