In Campaign, the main hero, Treval, the Flight Captain of the Colonial Capital Ship Solaria, meets and falls in love with Doctor Shayma, who winds up being Solaria's Master Analyst. Other subplots include the mental breakdown of Treval's dear friend and wingman, Moonblaster, and the multiple attempts on the life of Admiral Tregennet, the commander of Solaria's Fleet.
In The Gift Of Sight, I look at the backstory of Campaign. Gift follows five women: Shayma, Treval's sister Leerith (who's married to Moonblaster), Treval's niece (and Moonblaster's daughter) Patrinne, Solaria's Master Healer Tamarind, and Siress Tarrilla, the newest of Tregennet's twelve wives. They all see things --- in themselves, in their loved ones, in their lives --- that they'd not seen before, that they needed (or didn't need) to see, that they're either glad or sorry to have seen. I write it all down.
<smiling> It's good to summarize it all in that way! Thanks for asking, and for making me squish it all down that way!
Ok...I think I need to draw a diagram, but I've got the gist of it. ;-)
Sounds like it would qualify as space opera, no? Kinda?
I still don't quite understand some of the ways sci-fi gets divided up.