Role in the story
Ancillary Justice
Encountered by Chapter 1Viewpoint, former troop carrier, and solitary survivor
Breq remembers being Justice of Toren across a ship and many ancillary bodies; now one body must carry her grief, judgment, and plan.
Breq
The surviving fragment of the troop carrier Justice of Toren, now embodied in one ancillary body and pursuing a private purpose.
This public dossier identifies the entity without exposing its outcome. Story-specific roles and relationships stay sealed until their spoiler context is available.
Story function
Viewpoint, former troop carrier, and solitary survivor
From Chapter 1
Breq
Distributed ship intelligence
Ideas illuminated
Machine consciousness