Miracle Workers (SCE Books 5-8) - Keith R. A. DeCandido_. [et al.] [100]
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110/Soloman. Noncommissioned Starfleet engineer assigned to the U.S.S. da Vinci as a computer specialist. One half of a bonded Bynar pair with 111 (The Belly of the Beast). The two were assigned as civilian observers and computer experts to the Starfleet Corps of Engineers team on the da Vinci (Fatal Error). During the salvage of the ship known as “the Beast,” the insectoid aliens that had taken over the ship attacked the salvage team from the da Vinci and killed 111 in front of 110 (The Belly of the Beast). The loss devastated 110. Bynar tradition holds that if one of a pairing is killed, the other should return to Bynaus for rebonding, but 110 was unwilling to soil 111’s memory by rebonding. He continued to go on missions for the S.C.E., and wound up being vital to a mission to remove a computer virus from the world-controlling computer Ganitriul (Fatal Error). He also was on the away team that investigated the Omearan Starsearcher called Friend. When the da Vinci transported Jaldark Keniria’s corpse off of Friend’s bridge, 110 was trying to link with Friend’s computer, and the ship’s outrage at being separated from its pilot put him into a coma. However, that formed a link between him and Friend, and 110 was able to communicate the truth about Jaldark’s death to Friend. Friend invited 110 to become his new pilot, which he found tempting but ultimately refused, deciding to remain on his own. He was no longer permitted to have a numerical designation at that point, so Captain David Gold nicknamed him “Soloman.” Soloman joined Starfleet as a noncommissioned engineer and retained his position as the computer expert on the da Vinci (Hard Crash). When the da Vinci first encountered the Androssi on Maeglin, 110 and 111 were able to interface with Androssi computers, but with much difficulty. When the da Vinci came up against the Androssi on Empok Nor, Soloman found that he was unable to repeat the process, as the Androssi had upgraded their systems (Cold Fusion). Soloman, like all Bynars, has a belt unit that allows him to communicate directly with computer systems, so he is not required to use the voice interface, which he views as clumsy. Soloman has a computer efficiency rating of ten; the next highest person in Starfleet has an eight (Fatal Error). 110 is the equivalent of the number six in binary code; the name was chosen as a sort of in-joke for fans of The Prisoner, where the title character was Number Six, who did not fit in with the society into which he had been placed.
111. Civilian computer specialist assigned to the U.S.S. da Vinci as a computer specialist. One half of a bonded Bynar pair with 110 (The Belly of the Beast). The two were assigned as civilian observers and computer experts to the S.C.E. team on the da Vinci (Fatal Error). When the da Vinci encountered the Androssi on Maeglin, 110