Orion system: where humanity first met the Vanduul

Orion was the farthest world found by Project Far Star. This is where humanity met the Vanduul: on 9 August 2681, a raiding party struck an outpost on Armitage. More raids followed, and the Messers treated them as a mere nuisance… until the Battle of Orion in 2712 forced the UEE to abandon the system.

🪪 The system at a glance

Affiliation	Vanduul space
Star	Orion: red dwarf (M-type)
Planets	4
Belts and clusters	1
Habitable zone	0.09 to 0.2 AU from the star
Jump points	4

🪐 Its worlds, from the star outwards

Orion I (protoplanet)

A protoplanet thoroughly charred by the sun.

Orion II (smog planet)

A smog planet with a sulphuric acid atmosphere.

Orion III · Armitage (rocky planet)

Armitage, site of the first Vanduul attack. Its pastures held great promise; now it’s a wasteland of abandoned settlements and blast craters.
👥 inhabited

Orion IV · Abyss (gas giant)

Abyss, a gas giant so dark it looks like a planet of coal.

☄️ Belts, clusters and stations

Orion Belt Alpha (asteroid belt): Classified as “mineral rich” before the retreat.

🧭 Jump points to

Tiber · Caliban · Viking · VS-9 “Vulture”

📚 Every system and its worlds (contents)

Official data: Roberts Space Industries Starmap (checked 19 October 2026), text rewritten by Beacon Mag. Orbital map: Beacon Mag, based on that data (planets in their real order around the star, spaced out for readability). Star Citizen® is a registered trademark of Cloud Imperium Rights LLC.