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In the novel "[[Quarantine (Double Helix novel)|Quarantine]]", Two Bynar children were on a [[shuttlecraft]] of the [[USS Gandhi|USS ''Gandhi'']] commanded by [[Lieutenant|Lt.]] [[Thomas Riker]] and piloted by [[Ensign]] Shelzane when the shuttle was hijaked by [[Maquis]], posing as [[DMZ]] refugees. |
In the novel "[[Quarantine (Double Helix novel)|Quarantine]]", Two Bynar children were on a [[shuttlecraft]] of the [[USS Gandhi|USS ''Gandhi'']] commanded by [[Lieutenant|Lt.]] [[Thomas Riker]] and piloted by [[Ensign]] Shelzane when the shuttle was hijaked by [[Maquis]], posing as [[DMZ]] refugees. |
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Revision as of 05:24, 24 August 2006
Two Bynars
Bynar script, believed to encode a form of binary code
The Bynars are a race of humanoids native to the planet Bynaus in the Beta Magellan system.
The Bynars are shorter in height than most humanoids and have lilac skin and enlarged skulls. Their most unique characteristic is that they are interconnected with a master computer on Bynaus. When a Bynar is born, a surgeon removes the child's parietal lobe and replaces it with a synaptic processor. Doctor Phlox saw the procedure performed when he encountered the Bynars. He likened the Bynar system to, what was unknown as the time, a benign form of the Borg Collective. (ENT: "Regeneration")
Bynars always work and live in pairs. Because they are so interconnected with the master computer, the Bynars' language and thought patterns have become as close to binary code as is possible. They can speak English, usually finishing each other's sentences (ex. One Zero: It is a great pleasure...; Zero One:...to work on such a large mobile computer.). When they speak to each other, they use a high-frequency sound that is unintelligble to humans. Every Bynar is equipped with a buffer to manage this rate of information transfer.
It is unclear whether the Bynars are members of the United Federation of Planets. Bynar crewmembers haven't been seen on Starfleet vessels, although Starfleet employs them for computer upgrades on their ships. A team of Bynars were assigned to Starbase 74, under the supervision of Commander Orfil Quinteros. In 2364, those Bynars commandeered the USS Enterprise-D during a refit, so that its computer could be used to re-start their planetary computer, which had been damaged by the supernova of Beta Magellan. (TNG: "11001001")
People
Background
Andrew Probert concept art
Outside of the filmed canon of Star Trek, a team of Bynars (110 and 111) was assigned to the U.S.S. da Vinci in the Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers series. When 111 was killed, the remaining solo Bynar, 110 became known as Soloman, a regular in that series.
The Bynar speech was created by recording the actresses' dialogue, then playing them in fast forward through a synclavier.
The Bynar species was designed by Andrew Probert.
Apochrypha
In the novel "Quarantine", Two Bynar children were on a shuttlecraft of the USS Gandhi commanded by Lt. Thomas Riker and piloted by Ensign Shelzane when the shuttle was hijaked by Maquis, posing as DMZ refugees.