Crest of the Stars - S03

Because there are not enough ambassadors for the recently conquered worlds that the fast-advancing fleet of the Bebaus brothers leaves behind, Lafiel is appointed Territorial Ambassador of the planet Lobnas II. When they arrive on the planet, Jinto and Lafiel find that the United Mankind used it as a prison planet, and it now holds a million prisoners on its only inhabited island. The prisoners are split into three blocks. The western block houses the women, the eastern block belongs to the men, and the central block is mixed, with the rule that all prisoners living there are sterilized. The women in the western sector want to leave the planet out of fear of the men, and when they do, the men in the east rebel, overthrow the guards, and capture Jinto to try to stop the women from leaving. At the same time, an enemy fleet heads toward the system, forcing Lafiel to abandon Jinto.