the binars survived. but there was a glitch. they kidnapped Riker with the help of Minuet, a holo chick, Riker's only weakness, well, that and his pride, but anyway, Picard came aboard by accident but in the end both Picard and Riker were needed to send the information from the ship to the binar's planet, "cuz they always work in pairs". so why did they only want to take Riker? stupid move from such so-thought-to-be smart logical creatures.
but then star trek has never had good logic. i always found Spock to be highly emotional and often illogical.