Growing up an androgen in the tight-laced Nebari society, Hubero has lived a hard life ever since she was born. Cast out by her family, banished by Nebari Prime, and rejected even by the Peacekeepers, her unique sex has always turned people against her. Finally, when the Peacekeepers could not return her to Nebari Prime, they decided to use her as a guinea pig to test out a new weapon that destroyed the bonds of metallic molecules.