Star Trek The Next Generation Logo '11001001'

(Story Code 116)
by Maurice Hurley
Robert Lewin
Star Trek The Next Generation Cast

The U.S.S Enterprise arrives at Starbase 74 so that the Bynars, a race of beings with an affinity for computers, can upgrade the vessel's computer system. After the Bynars come aboard, Captain Picard and Commander Riker take time out in the holodeck; here the First Officer meets Minuet, a beautiful computer-generated woman, and quickly becomes captivated by her charms. Meanwhile, the Binars reprogram the computer to make it appear that the ship's magnetic containment field is deteriorating; unable to locate Captain Picard and Commander Riker, Lieutenant Commander Data evacuates the ship and sends it back into space to avoid damaging the Starbase in the 'imminent' explosion. Realising that Minuet has been created by the Binars to keep them busy, Picard and Riker leave the holodeck, only to discover that the Enterprise is completely empty - except for the Bynars, who have seized control of the vessel and are now piloting the hijacked ship back to their home planet...

Patrick Stewart (Captain Jean-Luc Picard), Jonathan Frakes (Commander William Thomas Riker), LeVar Burton (Lieutenant Geordi La Forge), Denise Crosby (Security Chief Lieutenant Natasha ‘Tasha’ Yar), Michael Dorn (Lieutenant Worf), Gates McFadden (Doctor Beverly Crusher), Marina Sirtis (Councelor Deanna Troi), Brent Spiner (Lieutenant Commander Data), Wil Wheaton (Wesley Crusher), Carolyn McCormick (Minuet), Gene Dynarski (Commander Quinteros), Katy Boyer (Zero One), Alexandra Johnson (One Zero), Iva Lane (Zero Zero), Kelli Ann McNally (One One), Jack Sheldon (Piano Player), Abdul Salaam El Razzac (Bass Player), Ron Brown (Drummer)

Directed by Paul Lynch
Produced by Maurice Hurley
Executive Producer Gene Roddenberry


TX:
1st February, 1988

Notes:
*Featuring Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Commander William Thomas Riker, Lieutenant Geordi La Forge, Security Chief Lieutenant Natasha ‘Tasha’ Yar, Lieutenant Worf, Doctor Beverly Crusher, Councelor Deanna Troi, Lieutenant Commander Data and Wesley Crusher

*Working title: ‘Unconditional Return’