Grand Theft Battleship

The last battleship!The fate of the solar system hangs in the balance. Whoever gets the last battleship wins the game and the losers get blown into atoms. The Empress commands the solar system, but she needs the keys. The Tomato pirates have they keys, but they don't have Cherryh. Cherryh doesn't have a body, but she's still got plenty of snark. (There's no keeping Cherryh down.) As for Windy, she's stuck eighty years in the past, with no job prospects and no references. Can she blend into society, penetrate the Imperial government, and lay the groundwork for victory?