Armitage (Orion III)

Armitage is the third planet from the sun in the [Orion system](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/VlMpwMky6d-orion-system). It was a [terraformed](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/V3qgj8vjnj-terraforming) and settled planet which became the site of [first contact](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/RWwZDmxaXP-vanduul-human-first-contact) between [Humans](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/0Nwpnr6wa2-humans) and the [Vanduul](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/VpGPp92gdO-vanduul) in 2681, when a Vanduul raiding party razed the settlement of [Dell Township](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/RkZ9mGOpD4-dell-township). Before the Orion system was [lost to the Vanduul](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/RMXyYxqw8K-battle-of-orion) in 2712, Armitage was a fast-developing colony world of the [United Empire of Earth (UEE)](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/VyvyKxy4v6-united-empire-of-earth).