Leviathan (Farscape)

The Leviathans are a semi sentient race of biomechanical spaceships from the Farscape universe.

Physiology

Although being a race of space fareing vessels, they aparently Have different genders and posses the ability to reproduce using some kind of wome complex inside the Leviathan.They are also a simbiant species with the Pilot species.

Leviathans live for several hundred years, the presence of a pilot's affect on thier lifespan is unclear.

Culture

despite being only semi sentient they appear to have a cultural and traditional berial ground (although the location of which is a secret) where all Leviathans go to die.

History

being a simbient species they have along history with the Pilots going back possibly to thier very creation.

Pro creation and Sub Species

only one instance of Leviathan reproduction is known, this being Moya's son Talyn, although he was not a true Leviathan as he was a Sebacean attempt to make a weaponised hybrid and as such could possibly be classed as a sub species.

Although Talyn never reached maturity as he sacrificed himself to save the crew of his mother, it is thought he would have grown even larger and being a warship even more powerful than normal Leviathans. Also unlike all other Leviathans he was almost entirely sentient and had the ability to manipulate his pilot to a degree another adaptation he possesed was the ability to join with mutiple hosts and species inluding; Sebacean and Scarran.

Faster than light

All Leviathans appear to have the ability to "jump" from one point in space to another, potentially many light years.This is called a Star Burst, this ability seems to be much faster than other modes used by other people's such as the Scarran empire and the PeaceKeeper Corps who appear to be easily out run by the Leviathan Moya whenever she Star Burst's.