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{{sidebar planet|
|name       = Vagra II
|orbital    = Vagra II, remastered.jpg
|type       = [[Planet]]
|location   = [[Zed Lapis sector]]
|status     = Barely habitable
|species    = [[Vagran]]s (formerly)<br />[[Armus]]
|datestatus = 2364
|surface    = Vagra II surface.jpg
|scaption   = A crashed shuttlecraft on the surface of Vagra II
}}

'''Vagra II''' was the [[uninhabited planets|uninhabited]] [[second planets|second]] [[planet]] of its [[star system]]. The planet was located in the [[Zed Lapis sector]]. Prior to [[2364]], little information on the planet was kept in the [[library computer]], other than the fact of its existence. [[Sensor]]s indicated no signs of [[lifeform]]s, virtually no [[vegetation]], and the minimum [[atmosphere]] requirements for [[humanoid]]. 

A "[[Vagran|race]] of {{dis|Titan|mythology}}s" once brought out from within themselves all evil and negative attributes that had bound them to destructiveness. As a by-product of this procedure, the unwanted substance spread and coalesced into a dank and vile second skin, [[Armus]], a "skin of evil". The race rejected this malevolent [[sentient]] substance and abandoned it on Vagra II. 

In [[2364]], Armus threatened the [[crew]] of a {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} [[Enterprise shuttlecraft 13|shuttlecraft]] that had [[Crash landing|crash-landed]] on the surface. It also killed [[Lieutenant]] [[Natasha Yar]], who was part of the [[away team]] assigned to recover them. After the crew of the ''Enterprise'' escaped, they destroyed the shuttle wreckage to trap Armus on the planet. Vagra II was subsequently placed under [[quarantine]]. ({{TNG|Skin of Evil}})

In [[2367]], [[Ishara Yar]] learned from [[Data]] that her sister had died on Vagra II. ({{TNG|Legacy}})

==Appendices==
=== Background information ===
According to the {{st-minutiae|resources/scripts/122.txt|script}} for "Skin of Evil", Vagra II was a planet in the [[Zed Lapis system]] and Vagra was pronounced as "VAY-GRA". {{st.com|vagra-ii|StarTrek.com}} describes Vagra II as a minimally [[M-class]] planet.

According to {{ste|4|2|448}}, the species that created Armus was native to Vagra II.

The shot of Vagra II from orbit was first used to represent [[Aldea]] in {{e|When The Bough Breaks}}.

=== Apocrypha ===
In [[John Vornholt]]'s novel ''{{dis|Contamination|novel}}'', Vagra II was the site where a scientist working aboard the ''Enterprise''-D trapped a species of sub-microbe able to pass through the most advanced [[biofilter]].

''[[Planets of the UFP]]'' presents the {{mb|Vagra}} system, identifying Vagra II as [[Class H]].

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