Talyn

***Talyn*** was a male Leviathan biomechanoid/gunship hybrid. It was the progeny of *Moya*.

## History

Unbeknownst to *Moya* or her Pilot, Peacekeepers under the command of Bialar Crais had subjected her to the hybridization experiment. The project was abandoned, and so the Peacekeepers installed a synthetic contraceptive shield to prevent the ship from developing inside *Moya*. This shield was accidentally released by Ka D'Argo, roughly six months after her escape from Peacekeeper captivity. *Talyn* developed inside his mother for nearly another cycle before she was ready to give birth. However, due to the weaponry on the outside of the ship, *Talyn* became stuck in the birthing canal -- however, with a low yield shot, he was able to free himself.

In his early infancy, he already began disagreeing with his mother. In order to reach him, *Moya* asked that Aeryn Sun attempt to communicate with the child -- feeling that her background as a Peacekeeper could help her to relate to him. Aeryn and the infant vessel bonded as she convinced him to listen to his mother, and out of gratitude, *Moya* allowed the Sebacean to name her child. Aeryn Sun named him *Talyn* after her father.

Talyn developed rapidly, although he was emotionally unstable and increasingly paranoid. Shortly after his birth, he extended his Hand of Friendship to Bialar Crais, taking on the former Peacekeeper captain as his own makeshift "pilot". While initially exploring the Uncharted Territories on their own, *Talyn* and Crais would occasionally cross paths with other beings. *Talyn*'s defense against the Halosians led to an encounter between those creatures and *Moya*, as did his unprovoked attack upon the Plokavians.

*Talyn* did eventually prove himself an ally to his mother, however, aiding her crew in their assault on a shadow depository after which they traveled together for a short time. When they did part ways, *Moya*'s crew had split themselves up on each ship -- with both ships having one of the two Crichtons created by Kaarvok.

With what was now his own crew, *Talyn* engaged in numerous adventures -- surviving an encounter with a fully grown budong, escaping from the Peacekeeper Retrieval Squad led by Xhalax Sun, and avoiding being drawn into a siren star, before ultimately being drawn into a conflict with the Scarran Empire over wormhole technology and then reuniting with *Moya*.

With *Talyn* growing ever more unstable, Scorpius growing near to unlocking the secrets of wormholes, Crais made a desperate plan to help save the galaxy. Aboard Scorpius' command carrier, *Talyn* engaged in a Starburst -- destroying himself and the command carrier.

## Defenses

*Talyn* was equipped with a myriad of weapons due to his hybrid gunship nature. These included internal defense turrets that were strong enough to take down even Scarrans with ease. Among his external weapons he also boasted a sonic ascendancy cannon, which was capable of destroying a Peacekeeper marauder and even obliterated a shadow depository.

## Crew

For most of his life, *Talyn* only had one crew member aboard, which was Bialar Crais. When he had a fuller crew complement, the crew members were:

* Aeryn Sun
* Bialar Crais (commanding officer)
* John Crichton
* Rygel XVI
* Stark