Stardate 41365.9: The Bynars, a race completely dependent on computers and always working in pairs, are in the course of upgrading the Enterprise's computer in Starbase 74. Suddenly the ship has to be evacuated because of an allegedly pending antimatter containment failure. Picard and Riker don't notice any of this. They are on the holodeck, where the Bynars have created a jazz bar in New Orleans and a stunningly realistic holographic woman, Minuet. The Enterprise approaches Bynaus, where the purpose of the hijacking becomes clear: The Bynars need the Enterprise computer memory as a backup, since their own system was malfunctioning following a supernova and has to be rebooted. As the Bynars on the ship are disabled, it is up to Riker and Picard to transfer the data back to their homeworld. After accomplishing the mission, Riker visits the jazz bar again, only to find that Minuet is gone together with all of the Bynars' data.

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