"You wanted to see me, sir?"

"Yes, Captain Furter. I've assigned you two lieutenants for an intergalactic mission."

"Intergalactic?"

"Yes. We've got our eyes on a planet. It's far, but promising enough to be worth it. You'll have fifty years to research the local biology."

"—is that including transit time?"

"Yes, but the sonic transducer means that won't be as much of a problem as you're imagining."

"I'm afraid I'm not familiar, sir."

"You wouldn't be; it's very new. Don't worry, it'll be calibrated for you."

"Yes, sir."

Preparations are made: a spaceship is outfitted with cloaking technology, a bioengineering lab, a sonic transducer, and other equipment deemed necessary for Frank's mission. Soon enough they're ready to embark. They launch the ship into low Transsexual orbit, at which point the sonic transducer projects the matter through spacetime so the ship can approach the planet's moon. From there, the computer will scan the planet for media so that the three occupants can study the local languages and culture.

Contrary to what an English-speaking human might expect when they first hear the planet's name, the dominant culture of Transsexual puts a fair deal of stock into gender roles. There are strong expectations for how men and women are supposed to behave and dress, and outside of family units men and women are kept separate. It's not uncommon for a boy with no sisters to grow up with only a vague idea of what womanhood entails, particularly if that boy is shunted from his school days to an environment as regimented as a military.

As an astute reader may immediately guess, Frank N Furter was such a boy.