In the fictional Farscape universe, Talyn is a Peacekeeper/Leviathan hybrid gunship, a living spaceship that is the progeny of the Leviathan Moya. Farscape (1999 - 2003) is an Australian produced science fiction television series operated by the Jim Henson Company and Hallmark Entertainment, featuring a present-day American astronaut who accidentally travels through a wormhole to a distant part of the galaxy. ... Peacekeepers are a militaristic organization in the Farscape universe. ... Leviathans are a fictional alien race in the Farscape universe. ... Moya is a character/spacecraft in the Farscape universe. ...

The Leviathan Moya was subjected to a hybridization experiment by the Peacekeepers while in captivity. A synthetic stimulant/conceptive was placed in her, and accidentally released by the escapee prisoner crew of Moya six months after their escape, leading to the conception of a foetus. Roughly six months later, Moya gave birth (under less than desirable circumstances) to a baby Leviathan. Moya asked Officer Aeryn Sun to name her offspring, and Aeryn named it after her father, Talyn. Moya is a character/spacecraft in the Farscape universe. ... Spoiler warning: Aeryn Sun (played by Claudia Black) is a former Peacekeeper pilot and Officer of Icarion Company, Pleisar Regiment. ...

However, the result of the Peacekeeper experiment was obvious: Talyn was far from a normal Leviathan. The conceptive had been contaminated with the DNA that produced weapons, and Talyn was born with integral weaponry, the most notable of which is his main gun, the Sonic Ascendency Cannon. These weapons caused difficulty at his birthing from Moya but also proved to be the solution when he used a low level blast to blow out two tiers of Moya otherwise leaving her unharmed. The general structure of a section of DNA Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a nucleic acid —usually in the form of a double helix— that contains the genetic instructions specifying the biological development of all cellular forms of life, and most viruses. ...

Sonic Ascendency Cannon: Mounted on a gun turret at the top of the ship, this is Talyn’s largest weapon, and has been used to lethal effect. At one point, worried about Talyn's destructive potential, Crais wanted to replace it with a dampening net. Ironically, Talyn shot the net salesmen with the cannon and Starburst away. In later episodes, Talyn used the cannon to destroy the Shadow Depository and Scorpius’s Marauder (without Scorpius in it). Bone to Be Wild, The Ugly Truth, Season of Death

Talyn is classified as a Leviathan/Peacekeeper gunship hybrid. Unlike other Leviathans, Talyn doesn't have a Pilot bonded to him: although he physically could be bonded to a Pilot, he does not require a Pilot in order to navigate himself and fire his weapons. He can operate purely on voice command; still, a humanoid can be implanted with a device that allows direct interface with Talyn, although not to the same extent as a Pilot (Talyn can resist orders from time to time: they're more suggestions than orders). This device, unless properly modified, can also be a two way street through which Talyn can force feedback through to injure the implanted humanoid. It also leaves the humanoid open to feeling Talyn's pain as Pilot feels Moya's pain. The device's sympathetic effect can even go as far as to physically blind the humanoid if Talyn's sensors are damaged. In biology, hybrid has three meanings. ... Pilot is a fictional character and one of two regular animatronic puppet characters on the television science fiction series Farscape. ...

Talyn has multiple weapons implacements, not only his impressive complement of external weapons but powerful network of internal defensive weapons inplacements to repel boarding parties. Talyn is regarded as one of the most advanced ships ever created; not only is he more powerful than a standard Peacekeeper gunship (also more maneuverable, better sensors, as well as other factors), but as a living ship he can automatically heal himself over time without having to put into drydock. He also comes with his own DRDs (internal maintenance robots), which don't look like the DRDs of other Leviathans.

Talyn was widely anticipated to be one of the most powerful ships around by the time he reached maturity. He was young (and quite childlike) for much of Farscape, and was dwarfed by his mother Moya, although he did grow gradually over the series. When he reached the size of a full-grown Leviathan like Moya, he would have been quite an impressive battleship. Farscape (1999 - 2003) is an Australian produced science fiction television series operated by the Jim Henson Company and Hallmark Entertainment, featuring a present-day American astronaut who accidentally travels through a wormhole to a distant part of the galaxy. ...

Sadly, at the end of season 3 Talyn sacrificed his life to save the crew of Moya. Captured and disabled while docked inside the Peacekeeper Command Carrier that had been following the crew for three years, Talyn starburst within the carrier, causing a massive energy wave that progressively destroyed the Carrier (while leaving enough time for most of the crew to evacuate the ship). Talyn's remains were carried by Moya to the Leviathan Sacred Space region, something of an elephant graveyard of Leviathans; space they regard as holy and where they go to die. He was mourned by Moya and her crew. In the science fiction television series Farscape, Starburst is the primary means of superluminal propulsion - and sole defensive capability - of Leviathans, a race of sentient bio-mechanical ships. ...