Sirian's Night Life

 The Planet of Esdaria is under a strict Quarantine enforced by the  planet-side government of Esdaria. Many years ago a contagion surfaced  in the populace that appeared to result in the dying off of the species  males. For several years the scientists of the planet struggled to  figure out what the cause was and seemed to develop a solution that  could take hold in a generation or two. Instead of more males being born  into the population again, a new gender of females with male anatomy  called "Epicenes" began to surface. These Epicenes were only capable of  producing children that were either female or epicene and no new males  were being born while the existing male population was continuing to  age.
 

Because the nature of the contagion, how it spreads, and how it effects  other species is not fully understood the planet has remained under  Quarantine with no other Alliance species allowed to enter and no  Esdarians able to leave. But there are some who wished to leave anyway,  and have managed to make their way off world and strike out on their  own. Others were off world when the Quarantine was put in place and have  not been allowed to return home since.
 

Sirian was born an epicene and lived on Esdaria for many years as part  of a relatively upper class family. While serving in the Military the  government enacted a protocol that isolated any and all males from the  rest of the population to initiate them in a breeding program. Sirian's  father and brother were taken during a raid despite assurances that  males who had met certain conditions would not be taken. It was during  this time that Sirian came to believe that the nature of the contagion  and subsequent attempts to compensate for it were subject to deep levels  of corruption and resigned her commission. Soon after, making use of  one of her family's ships, Sirian made a daring run to escape Esdaria  and see the other worlds she had dreamed of visiting as a child.
 

Sirian now captain's the ship officially as a cargo vessel in Alliance  space and dabbles in thieving and smuggling. While her status as an  epicene was a point of shame on her homeworld, her anatomy comes as  something of a thrill or curiosity to many. Sirian has used this sexual  curiosity on numerous occasions for her own pleasure or to gain an  advantage on a mark. Sirian enjoys the more densely populated worlds of  the Alliance, particular the night life and often counts down the days  to her return to such places when going on runs to the outer worlds.