Agrippina should be a respected officer of the Roman cruiser Legio I: she has top-of-the-line cybernetics, a perfect record and more commendations than any other legionary in the fleet. She devoutly worships the Roman gods and they bless her with dreams that help guide her to victory. She is, however, left to wither in the lower ranks for one simple, insurmountable reason: she is a woman. Worse, if her crewmates knew that she was not always a woman, she would be executed without a second thought.
Octavia is the smartest woman in the solar system. She holds in her augmented mind the only hope that the Free People have of finding peace outside of the reach of the Empire's legions. She does not believe in gods or the glory of the Rome that she was born into. What are they going to do about it?