Turns out we uncovered quite a sensation - there appears to be some kind of manufacturing center of Optronics here, on Earth, run by the Technocracy. The Smugglers have some top secret links with this business, which allows them to snatch the Optronics right at the source, at a fraction of the price. What's curious is that the Guild has no direct control over this, they're just a buyer. The merchandise is anyway rumored to be produced in such quantities that most of it is shipped to far-off planets of the Stellar Empire.