J ' naii The J ' naii were a spacefaring androgynous race native to the planet . History . In an early stage of their evolution , the J ' naii species had two sexes . The J ' naii race eventually evolved physically into a genderless , androgynous race . In mid - 2368 , the J ' naii contacted the nearby to investigate the disappearance of the J ' naii shuttle " Taris Murn " in their star system . The crew of the shuttle was rescued from a pocket of null space . The pocket was thoroughly mapped by shuttlecraft from the " Enterprise " . The crew discussed plans to regulate space travel around the pocket and decided on deploying warning buoy s around the null space pocket . Physiology . As the stage of two physical sexes had been passed by evolution , the whole notion of gender was offensive to the J ' naii . J ' naii were taught that gender was a primitive aspect of less evolved lifeforms . Consequently , it was hard for the J ' naii to grasp the subtleties of differences and complex customs between sexes in other species . Although J ' naii were possibly sexually compatible with other gendered races , they were never allowed to mate by assuming a gender role in the act . This was considered criminally perverse in J ' naii society and a strictly taboo subject . J ' naii mating and reproduction was a long ritual , full of variety and invention , and was considered extremely pleasurable . In the last stage a fibrous husk was inseminated by the two parents . The fetus then incubated inside the husk . This was considered a less risky and less painful method of reproduction compared to other species of which the J ' naii had knowledge . Society and culture . The planet J ' naii was ruled from the civic chamber in the civic center . Noor was the head of government and the head of a panel of judges dealing with legal matters of the J ' naii people in 2368 . J ' naii considered themselves a remarkably free and open society and by all measurements , an enlightened race . The rights and liberties the citizens enjoyed gave them a great deal of self - determination . In dealing with sickness , the government took its obligation to cure the sickness seriously . The J ' naii were said to be strong - minded and to have plenty of social conflicts between individuals . J ' naii used no form of make - up , and did not keep their hair long or arrange it elaborately . Even though the J ' naii formed family units , sleeping together with a friend had nothing to do with mating . Rather , it was a preferred way to keep warm . When dancing , whomever was the taller led . In the J ' naii language there was a personal pronoun that was gender neutral , for which there was no translation in the English language . Subculture . Occasionally individuals were born who had urges for maleness or femaleness instead of androgyny . Being a remnant from the earlier evolutionary stages , this was considered a form of sickness . This resulted in a subculture forming inside J ' naii society where the gender - oriented individuals lived in a lie . They pretended to have androgynous gender identity , and sought each other out in secret , to express themselves and love for each other through the gender roles . This minority lived always in fear of being discovered . Some J ' naii were aware from a young age of an alignment towards a particular gender . These J ' naii could face cruel taunts from their schoolmates when suspected of being a deviant . In general , being suspected and discovered led to being ridiculed and cast out of society . Deviants were called throwbacks , misfits , and criminals . The government had a total lack of acceptance for such gender identities . Any individual suspected of having them could be taken into custody . A trial was held for the individual to confirm or dispute the charges . When a person was found to be a deviant , psychotectic therapy was used to change the gender identity to androgyny . A person would only be re - accepted into society if they accepted this procedure . Technology . In the 24th century , the J ' naii operated at least several shuttlecraft , incapable of venturing beyond their star system , such as the " Taris Murn " . A flight school trained J ' naii shuttle pilots . J ' naii had knowledge of warp drive technology and several other races . In 2368 , a J ' naii shuttle pilot was already familiar with all the technology of a Starfleet Type 6 shuttlecraft - such as microfusion thruster s , the shuttles matter - antimatter reaction assembly , and the warp nacelle s , navigational deflector , redundant graviton polarity source generator s - before having seen one . J ' naii used plestorene - based backup system s on their own shuttlecraft . ( )