Probably all the orbits are well off the ecliptic, and they turn off their lasers when near it, to keep travel within the ecliptic safe. Stray light from all t

Probably all the orbits are well off the ecliptic, and they turn off their lasers when near it, to keep travel within the ecliptic safe. Stray light from all those x-ray lasers blasting in all directions 24/7 ought to make anything like this easy to spot.