Chapter Text
A long, long time ago, when the life was just being created, it was decided that most of the beings in the space shall be separated by genders.
Male. Female. Sometimes both. Sometimes neither. Sometimes a gender in-between the most common two.
But it did not end at that.
There was another distinctive separation, one inscribed into every creature that ever came into existence.
A separation which would assign each of those beings one of three orientations.
Alpha. Beta. Omega.
Whatever the diversity of life forms on the whole, this three-way distinction, the so-called second gender was always there, even if it evolved differently for each of the species.
There were some expectations and rules formed by each society. As it stood however, it always remained more of an indicator, than anything else. A sign pointing towards partners there was a higher likelihood of successful reproduction with.
The flow of universe worked that way.
It worked for thousands of years.
And then came a time someone decided they were displeased with that natural harmony. That for some individuals the presence of the second gender was unwelcome. Too troublesome.
What is a distinction mostly based on ability of procreation to a soldier? A distraction.
What use is second gender to a stormtrooper?
They were not pleased with its existence.
The First Order.
The Order wanted to create the ultimate soldiers. The perfect weapons.
The Imperial stormtroopers were found lacking. While they were clones only, they did have a second gender. They had been susceptible to its percieved downsides. And that was unacceptable.
In an attempt to counteract the ingrained impulses of the secondary gender the Order came up with an idea. An idea of soldiers trained for the sole purpose of war.
The first attempt was a failure. The soldiers still sought the fulfilment only giving into instincts could bring them.
But once the idea existed, they refused to give it up.
First Order stormtroopers have no use for second gender.
More attempts came.
First Order stormtroopers can't have a second gender.
Subtle changes in the approach.
First Order stormtroopers won't have a second gender.
Major changes.
First Order stormtroopers don't have a second gender...
For most part.
After several years of using thousands of men and women as lab experiments... Years of going through piles of bodies. Remnants of those for whom too extreme methods were chosen...
Finally the Order came up with a "perfect method". A method through which the stormtroopers were pretty much stripped of their second gender. For all purposes, they became genderless.
It dulled the impulses, calls of their second gender, to the very minimum. Each squad which the Order tried and tested on was less susceptible to its "wiles" than the preceding one.
But no method is flawless.
There are still those who the trainers can't control with their methods fully.
Individuals whose secondary orientation only went dormant, rather than becoming all but erased.
Those are the ones whose souls were not created complete. Beings which call for their other half, the call too strong to be silenced. Those who have true soulmates.
Not that those administering the procedure know that.
In the entirety of space there are millions upon millions of inhabitants.
Thousands and thousands of planets, of life forms, of possibilities.
But the creators were not without mercy. Each soul that was halved has a chance to be complete. Each half shall meet the other at at least one point of their life, if only they are brave enough to take the step.
It is truly rare and exceptional, for one to meet the other half of their soul.
But it is not impossible...