Artemis

Artemis is an asteroid fortress in Earth orbit at Lagrange point 3, in the possession of the Eurasian Federation.

While Artemis's location is considered strategically worthless, the Eurasian forces nonetheless protected it with a lightwave barrier known as the "Umbrella of Artemis". This defense gave Atremis a reputation as an impregnable fortress, until the stolen GAT-X207 Blitz Gundam exploited its one shortcoming. Since the power requirements of a lightwaver barrier are immense, the "Umbrella of Artemis" is only activated when enemy forces were sighted. Thus, the Blitz Gundam used its Mirage Colloid stealth system to slip inside the radius of the shield unnoticed, and then destroyed the lightwave barrier generators enabling ZAFT forces to attack. Afterwards, the CO of Artemis contracted with the noted mercenary faction Serpent Tail for defense, in order to maintain Artemis' reputation (and also to acquire one of the Astray prototypes.)