The Smugglers' Strip facility itself was a simple level patch of ground with several memory-plastic "temporary" shelters on the mountainside which could be confused for a homestead or small farm from a distance. Instead, below ground level, there were vast underground storehouses for keeping contraband weapons, spice, medicines and any other materials that were smuggled onto Elrood, many to simply avoid the high tariffs. The area around the facility had carefully placed sensor bafflers to disguise the presence of the underground hangars and any trace emissions left from the comings and goings of starships. The field itself always had half a dozen mob musclemen, and usually a more "refined" representative of the mob, who provided payment and otherwise ensured that deals were completed. Land