Unknown Space of the Chronus Expanse Star Region
In fact, Arcturus was rather glad to be ambushed by the space pirates or whatever, if he had to admit it truthfully. Yes, it was dangerous as fuck, but at the same time, he was beginning to get bored on the journey, and it was evident that he would be spending the next good few weeks on the spaceship and traveling to the targetted destination.
After many days of travel, he didn't even leave the territory of the Chronus Expanse Star Region, apparently, and he was still relatively far from the Phoenix Star Region, so he would need only a few days to reach the borders between the two of them.
Because the Imperial Military was paranoid as heck, and they were rather hellbent on their security, they were not building the Hyper-Travel Super Gates.
