Banner of the Stars II

Synopsis

Continues the story of Banner of the Stars

Following a three-year separation from their last interstellar voyage, Lafiel Abriel and Jinto Linn are brought back together; Lafiel now leads the attack ship Basroil, with Jinto serving as her supply officer. The resumption of hostilities between the Abh Empire and the Triple Alliance propels the relatively untested duo to the heart of the intense warfare. Amidst the escalating conflict between pure humans and their advanced creations, the Abh, both sides come to realize that their fight is not just over territorial gains but also about reconciling fundamental disparities between their kinds.

In this installment

Due to a shortage of ambassadors for the newly subjugated worlds left behind by the rapidly advancing fleet of the Bebaus brothers, Lafiel is assigned as Territorial Ambassador for the planet Lobnas II. Upon arriving on the planet, Jinto and Lafiel learn that it was used by the United Mankind as a prison world, now holding one million inmates on its sole inhabited island. The prisoners are divided into three sectors: the western sector houses women, the eastern sector holds men, and the central sector is mixed, with the condition that all inmates living there have been sterilized. The women in the western sector wish to emigrate from the planet out of fear of the men, and when they do, the men in the east rebel, overpower the guards, and capture Jinto in an attempt to stop the women's departure. At the same time, an enemy fleet approaches the system, forcing Lafiel to abandon Jinto.