I am just now looking at this lovely thread(s) and making ^_^ faces. Evil ^_^ faces.

I think Breq would probably be a little happier as a Ship, even without ancillaries? She's getting large amounts of data from Mercy, but it's still having to be filtered through one organic brain. If she could have spy-implants (...well, that's what they ARE...) in troops, like Mercy has, then she might feel a bit more at-home? She's been used to a multitude of viewpoints, and now she's down to one. Poor AI. O:(

The cloning idea was certainly in my mind, now and again, too! (...how much do ancillary minds affect the AI personality? I mean, it might be FAIR if she assimilated a few Anaanders. >_>

Edit: But not if they'd mess with her personality.)