The Bynars are a humanoid species native to the planet Bynaus in the Beta Magellan system.
History[]
The Bynars were genetically engineered by a species of AIs who needed slaves to perform manual labor roughly one million years ago. After thousands of millennia, the Bynars' ancestors became more sophisticated and the AIs more complacent, with some of them seeing the primitive Bynars as more than slaves. The pacific revolution quickly became violent, and the organics prevailed.
Since the AIs had engineered the planet's environment, the Bynars were forced to create groups to study the technology that maintained their environment, and with understanding the size of their groups became smaller and smaller, from about a dozen of individuals the group became a pair.
Despite not really needing to work in tandem the Bynars kept their pairs as they believed that if a catastrophe should strike the species would have more chances of survival working in groups. (SCE eBook: 10 is Better Than 01)
In 2374, Satr and Leen used a Bynar computer virus to disable some of Deep Space 9's systems. (DS9 - Millennium novels: The Fall of Terok Nor, The War of the Prophets, Inferno)
Culture[]
The Bynars have evolved into a civilization that is entirely integrated into their planet's computer network. Once a Bynar is born, they are genetically bonded to another for life, and the two can communicate with each other using complex binary code. If one of the pair dies, then it is traditional for the other to return to Bynaus, where they are paired with another. Any Bynar who does not return to Bynaus has their unique identification code removed from the computer network.
Physiology[]
The Bynars' high adaptability to technology and computers means that they can access most computer systems across the galaxy. The ability to conduct electrical pulses with their bodies, and withstand most environments that humans or other humanoid species cannot, means that they are a valued addition to teams such as the Starfleet Corps of Engineers. (SCE eBooks: The Belly of the Beast, Fatal Error, Hard Crash)
They are shorter in height than most humanoids and have lilac-colored skin and enlarged skulls. (TNG episode: "11001001")
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External link[]
- Bynar article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.