Talyn

Talyn is the hybrid offspring of the biomechanoid Leviathan Moya, and an on-and-off villain in the 1999 science-fiction television series ''Farscape. ''A perfect fusion of Peacekeeper gunship and Leviathan technologies, Talyn possesses the ability to carry and use weaponry, and was actually born armed with a powerful sonic ascendency cannon - along with an unpleasant desire to use his powers at the most inappropriate times; worse still, he ends the first season in the company of renegade Peacekeeper Captain Crais, who many believe will use the young Leviathan's power for his own unsavoury ends. As a sentient starship who cannot speak, Talyn's performance is conveyed entirely through CGI, sets, and animatronics created by the Jim Henson Creature Shop.

Description
As a hybrid, Talyn's appearance is a blend between the Leviathan and Peacekeeper aesthetics: he possesses the overall shape of a standard Leviathan, with his three nacelle-tentacles, vein-studded hull and pod-shaped main body; however, his form doesn't appear quite as organic as his mother's, for where the hulls of normal Leviathans seem more akin to carapace, Talyn's seems more obviously metallic. Similarly, where others of his kind seem to be made entirely in one piece, his own body seems to have been divided into separate parts. In contrast to the earthy tones of Moya, his paintwork is distinctly modelled on Peacekeeper colors, with his body toned jet black and deep crimson; even his Starburst is tinted a fiery red.

Large even by Leviathan standards, Talyn had not finished maturing by the end of his time on the show, and by then he was almost as big as Moya. During his stay aboard Scorpius' command carrier, he took up almost the entire hangar, dwarfing the personnel by several hundred metres. Likewise, his weapons systems had also grown substantially over his lifespan - especially his main cannon, much to Chiana's amusement.

Inside Talyn, his passageways and cabins continue the fusion of Peacekeeper and Leviathan technology: the hallways feature organically-shaped palting like those of Moya, but are tinted deep red, and are usually restricted to archways and lintels; the rest are inorganic bulkheads lit by fiery orange bars along the walls. His cabins are much more compact and spartan than those of Moya, and at times appear limited to bunks set into the wall - though whether this is another sign of Talyn's gunship ancestry or simply because he hadn't finished maturing is never specified.

His command deck is clearly modelled on the bridge of a Peacekeeper command carrier, featuring illuminated control panels and instrumentation not usually seen on Leviathan commands; along with the crimson paint job, this area is also distinguished by the internal turrets that deploy from the ceiling whenever Talyn or Crais feel the need to throw their weight around.

Though he ostensibly does not need a symbiotic Pilot, Talyn does possess a den where a Pilot could theoretically be implanted; however, the infusion of Peacekeeper tech allows non-Pilot users to seize control, allowing Stark influence over Talyn during the episode "Meltdown."

History
Appropriately enough, the conflict and violence inherent to Talyn's life began long before he was born: he was concieved as part of a top-secret Peacekeeper breeding program intended to create a hybrid of Leviathan and gunship, possessed of the intelligence, adaptability and Starbursting powers of a Leviathan and the weaponry of a Peacekeeper vessel. Such projects had been attempted in the past, but had always resulted in the death of both the mother and her hybrid offspring; however, in his attempts to fuel his ascend through the upper echelons of command, Captain Bialar Crais was willing to make an attempt of his own.