 Britannicus visits the Colchester legion and finds Varrus.While they are attending a military party, Britannicus proposes that he may create a colony similar to the Bagaudae's colonies in Gaul.After a visit when Varrus explains his grandfather's use of skystone metal to create the hardest sword and dagger in existence, Varrus and Plautus discover a conspiracy by family enemies of Britannicus, the Senecas.