The pirates' Special Mixed Fleet was not far from Roman Company's transport fleet, hiding behind a star.
Transport spaceships also had radar, but radar had many blind spots, and a star was one of them.
From the transport spaceship's perspective, Energy Waves could not penetrate a star, so the area behind it became a blind spot.
The radar performance of transport spaceships was not top-tier, and most of the time, transport spaceships did not activate active radar.
Active radar consumed too much energy, greatly reducing the service life of the engines and Energy Systems. Moreover, 99% of the time, active radar was useless, because radar detection range and coverage were not infinite.
Radar detection also had angles. It was not like a star that released Energy Waves in all directions without blind spots.
After all, how much energy did a star have, and how much did a spaceship have? Ships mainly relied on Channel Beacons. Interstellar channels had beacons, and those beacons also had radar. Their primary function was to guide ships in automatic navigation. Channel Beacon radar scanned intermittently, with its angles and directions determined by automated programs.
The main purpose of Channel Beacons was to scan for unknown meteors and asteroids. These meteors and asteroids were not very fast, generally traveling only dozens or hundreds of kilometers per second.
Channel Beacons also had varying scanning ranges. Based on the scan results, the system classified targets as dangerous, suspicious, or safe, referring to their threat to the channel.
Dangerous meant that the target's position or trajectory would affect the channel.
Suspicious meant uncertain, while safe meant it posed no danger to the channel.
Taking all those factors together, civilian ships could not possibly detect the hidden pirate Special Mixed Fleet.
Roman's transport fleet traveled automatically according to plan. Its