Allies

Ka D'Argo is a huge, bellicose Luxan — a race of fierce, much-feared warriors known throughout the galaxy for their propensity to conquer anything or anyone in their path. His first reaction to most every situation is to attack first and ask questions never.
      D'Argo was framed for the murder of his Sebacean wife, Lo'Laan. Lo'Laan was killed by her brother, Macton, in no small part due to the belief among many Sebaceans that a Sebacean/Luxan pairing was miscegenation, and an abomination. Although Captain Bialar Crais was aware of D'Argo's innocence, the Luxan warrior was imprisoned by the Peacekeepers for several cycles.
      D'Argo's son, Jothee, disappeared and was later found to be enslaved. In a daring scheme that nearly cost John Crichton his life, Jothee was rescued and reunited with his father. Sadly, their reunion ended in tragedy when D'Argo's lover, Chiana, betrayed him by having an affair with Jothee.
      D'Argo has more difficulty connecting with others than the rest of Moya's crew, although he's grown to respect Aeryn as a fellow warrior, and he considers Crichton a brother-in-arms and a trusted friend. He also had great respect for Zhaan and was deeply in love with Chiana until she betrayed him. Any kind of good relationship between D'Argo and Rygel, however, is likely a lost cause. Another barrier to D'Argo's interactions with others is his habit of giving in to Hyper-Rage, a state of severely heightened aggression particular to Luxans, and which is relieved only by breaking things, killing things, or waiting a very long time. Once when D'Argo let his Hyper-Rage get the better of him, he nearly killed Crichton. His later regret over the incident has spurred him to keep a tighter reign on his fury.
      D'Argo acquired an ancient Luxan ship at a Commerce Station, and after spending the better part of a cycle studying it, he unlocked its secrets — by unlocking its controls with his Qualta Blade. ("Revenging Angel") As he acquired a degree of mastery over the small but powerful ship, he regained a sense of purpose and confidence in his life. He has named his ship Lo'La, in honor of his murdered wife.

Pilot is, to Moya, a cross between a navigator, a bodyguard and a companion. Pilot is symbiotically fused to the great Leviathan, so he knows her thoughts and emotions as if they were his own, and he expresses Moya's desires to the rest of the crew. Pilot and Moya enjoy helping the crew, but they are capable of acting contrary to the crew's wishes if they so desire. Pilot normally is courteous to the crew, but he leaves no room for doubt that his duty is to the Leviathan first and the others second.
      Pilot is a separate being, but he is so thoroughly fused with his Leviathan that he cannot leave his Den, located deep within Moya's hull. The upper half of Pilot's torso has several clawed arms that he uses to operate Moya's complicated control interface. Pilot's much larger lower torso is composed of neural tentacles that fuse with Moya's sensory clusters. With the help of the DRDs (Diagnostic Repair Drones) that roam the labyrinthine vessel, acting as his eyes and ears, Pilot watches over all the systems on Moya essential for the crew's well-being.
      During Aeryn Sun's first cycle living aboard Moya, a genetic scientist named Namtar injected her with some of Pilot's DNA, in an effort to duplicate a Pilot's multitasking skills and regenerative healing abilities. As a result of some lingering mutations from that incident, Pilot and Aeryn share a bond that is unusual between a Pilot and a humanoid. This bond of trust was nearly destroyed one cycle later, however, when Pilot learned the disturbing truth of how he came to be Moya's Pilot.
      When Pilot was young, the Elders of his world believed he was not ready to be joined with a Leviathan. A Peacekeeper named Velorek ignored the Elders and offered Pilot a ship — Moya — and Pilot enthusiastically agreed. Pilot didn't know when he accepted Velorek's offer that Moya's first Pilot was killed by a group of Peacekeepers that included Aeryn Sun. Pilot still regrets his role in the death of Moya's first Pilot, but he and Moya have since put that tragic incident behind them; he and Aeryn also have painstakingly rebuilt their friendship over time.
Now, traveling together as one, Pilot and Moya continue to pursue their shared dream of soaring free between the stars.

DOMINAR RYGEL XVI:Standing all of 26 inches tall — when he deigns to rise from his levitating ThroneSled, that is — Rygel was once the royal sovereign of more than 600 billion loyal subjects, the ruler of the Hynerian Empire. Unfortunately for him, none of them is with him in the Uncharted Territories. The victim of a coup by his treacherous cousin Bishan, Rygel was a prisoner of the Peacekeepers for more than 300 cycles — first aboard the infamous Command Carrier Zelbinion, and, much later, aboard the collared Leviathan prison ship Moya.
      It was Rygel who first escaped his cell on Moya, making possible the prisoner revolt that seized control of the living ship and, together with D'Argo and Zhaan, freed Moya from a life of servitude to the Peacekeepers. Of course, if Rygel could have freed the ship alone, he might just as easily have left the Luxan and the Delvian in chains.
      Rygel is, more than any other individual aboard Moya, excessively concerned with his own self-interest. Leave something unattended and Rygel will soon either steal it or eat it — or both. Between him and sticky-fingered Chiana, it's a wonder anyone else on Moya still has any private possessions at all.
      Does the deposed Dominar have any redeeming qualities? Well, he's tough: He withstood the attentions of many torturers. He's diabolically clever: He can barter a better price for anything he can't scrounge for free, and he negotiate circles around just about anyone. And when the crew needs someone to crawl into a very small space, the often-annoying Rygel suddenly becomes the man of the hour. And if he happens to serve as comic-nickname fodder for John Crichton (who has given Rygel such monikers as "Buckwheat," "Sparky," "Guido" and "His Rectal Eminence"), or as a punching bag for his other shipmates — well, that's not always such a bad thing, either.
      But Rygel's fortunes might soon improve. Through the Peacekeepers, he has received reports that the subjects of the Hynerian Empire are unhappy with Bishan's rule, and that the time might soon be ripe for Rygel to reclaim his rightful place on the throne. In the last few cycles alone, Rygel has slain his former tormentor Durka; bested Scorpius at the negotiating table; put the smack-down on his people's ancient enemies, the Charrids, in a battle worthy of his ancestors; and discovered that he is, in fact, capable of bravery in the face of overwhelming odds.
If and when he does return home, one thing is certain: His cousin, Bishan, will rue the day he crossed Dominar Rygel XVI.

Moya is a Leviathan — a giant, living ship. She was born free, then captured by slavers who sold her to the Peacekeepers, who forced her into service as a prison transport. In that way, she became home to D'Argo, Rygel, and Zhaan, who first came aboard as prisoners, then later freed themselves and became the Leviathan's new crew.
      Moya has had at least two Pilots. She helped choose the first one, who was bonded to her naturally. But the Peacekeepers ripped this original Pilot away from her and forcibly bonded her to her current Pilot, whom they expected to be more compliant to their will. Luckily, this new Pilot turned out to be braver and more noble than the Peacekeepers expected. Moya grew to accept and respect him, and he was an active party to her escape. Later, he guiltily destroyed his unnatural bonds with her — then, with her consent, rebonded with her naturally, in a slow and difficult process.
      As time has passed, Moya also has grown fond of her disparate crew. She felt especially close to Zhaan, who was often her closest ally and protector, even willing on occasion to absorb into herself some of the great ship's pain. While Moya will not hesitate to take action on her own if she feels it necessary, she respects the opinions of her passengers. That said, it's inevitable that sometimes these same passengers irritate her greatly: D'Argo and Crichton's bickering once caused her to banish them for a time.
      After becoming a mother, Moya had to balance her own needs and those of her crew with those of her troubled son, Talyn. Her struggle to do what was best for him ended when he gave his life to destroy Scorpius' Command Carrier. While grieving, Moya fought to convey his shattered remains to the sacred Leviathan burial space. Though her efforts placed her life at risk, she perservered in this task, revealing her dedication to the traditions of her species as well as the depth of her affection for her heroically fallen son.
      Moya is a caring and adventurous being, and she truly has become home for those aboard her. Her favorite moments remain those she shares with Pilot, as the two delight in their shared flights through the vast, pristine reaches of deep space.

Old friends, new additions and associates by circumstance

Pa'u (meaning "Priest") Zotoh Zhaan was a Delvian. She was immensely strong, terribly dignified, and 812 cycles old at the time she escaped from Peacekeeper custody; although 812 cycles would be considered ancient for most races, Zhaan's comparable Human age was roughly 40 years.
      Delvians are a highly spiritual race, thoughtful and peace-loving. Zhaan had reached the 10th Plateau in the Delvian Seek, a search for perfect understanding and unity with all life.
      As peace-loving and gentle as Zhaan strove to be, she carried a dark burden. Because her lover, a leader among the Delvians, was proceeding with plans to give control of their world to the Peacekeepers, Zhaan murdered him in a manner most cruel. During an intertwining of her lifeforce with that of her lover — an encounter both spiritual and sexual — she used her spiritual powers to overwhelm him and kill him, an act that nearly drove her mad.
      In prison Zhaan brought herself back from insanity step by small step, nurturing a higher, wiser power in herself that could keep the dark forces in her soul under control. She was not entirely safe, however. At certain times on Moya's perilous voyage, Zhaan broke faith with herself, or was forced to, and she permitted her dark side to emerge in order to save the people she loved from even greater evils.
      After wrestling with this darkness, Zhaan finally returned to the Seek, more committed than ever to its precepts. Following her frightening encounter with Moya's Builders, she also rededicated herself to protecting Moya and Pilot. Her bond with Stark grew deeper, as well, and she planned to spend her life with him.
      Unfortunately, this future did not come to pass. Zhaan chose to expend nearly all her hard-won spiritual energy in a quest to restore Aeryn Sun to life. She succeeded in raising Aeryn, but Zhaan was fatally weakened in the process. While Stark and the rest of the crew searched for a planet where Zhaan's plant physiology could recover, she herself grew resigned to a peaceful death. When disaster struck Moya once more, Zhaan seized the chance to save the ship and crew she loved by sacrificing herself. Her death was an act of bravery that exemplified the values of her long, rich life.

A member of the enslaved Banik race, Stark has the ability to ease pain and suffering of others. This trait, inherent to the Stykera (a particularly special breed of Banik) made him a highly sought-after test subject for Scorpius' Aurora Chair. Stark helped John Crichton survive the horrors of the Aurora Chair and together the both of them escaped from Scorpius' Gammak Base.Stark returned to Moya and developed a special relationship with Zhaan, both of whom are able to use their specific mental powers to communicate extraverbally.
Stark was sentenced to death by the Plokavians after taking the blame for an attack initiated by Talyn, but the hardy Banik didn't die — he merely reverted to a non-corporeal form. Nearly half a cycle later, Stark returned to the crew, seemingly unharmed. He came bearing the best kind of news for D'Argo: the location of D'Argo's long-lost son, Jothee. With Stark's help, Moya's crew was able to accomplish a daring (and for Crichton, nearly fatal) mission to reunite Jothee and D'Argo.
Stark's relationship with Zhaan soon grew intimate on more than just a physical level. The two shared a spiritual affinity, and hoped to spend their lives together. Consequently, after Zhaan's death Stark became depressed and mentally unstable. Though he remained a productive member of the crew for some time, he began claiming that he could hear Zhaan's voice guiding him from "the other side.". Eventually, he set out on his own to search for his beloved — a quest perhaps only he could successfully complete, thanks to his close spiritual connection to the realm of the dead.

Bialar Crais was in many ways an embodiment of contradictions. Born on a Sebacean farming colony, he and his brother, Tauvo, were forcibly conscripted at a young age by the Peacekeepers. Though initially taken against his will, Crais later became rigidly devoted to the Peacekeepers and their regulations — as long as they served his interests. When they didn't, he just as easily ignored the regulations and pursued his own, renegade path.
      Crais' first encounter with John Crichton was when the Human astronaut's Farscape Module collided with a Prowler piloted by Crais' brother, who was killed in the accident. Crais, unwilling to accept the incident for the accident it was, hunted Crichton and his shipmates aboard Moya until shortly after the birth of Talyn, a Leviathan-Peacekeeper hybrid Crais helped engineer. Realizing his own command was about to be usurped by Scorpius, Crais defected and took command of Talyn, with whom he escaped into the Uncharted Territories.
      Crais accepted Talyn's Hand of Friendship — a direct neural bond between the Sebacean captain and the young hybrid Leviathan — and the subsequent fusion of Crais and Talyn's wills and emotions took a terrible toll on Crais. When he became unable to control Talyn, Crais sought help from Moya and her crew; eventually, Aeryn Sun joined Talyn's crew and accepted her own neural interface, which helped ease the strain on Crais, and deepened his affection for his fellow ex-Peacekeeper. Unfortunately for him, his feelings for Aeryn ultimately proved unrequited.
      Although Crais eventually absolved Crichton of responsibility for Tauvo's death, he never truly liked the Human. He did, however, learn a begrudging respect for Crichton as a soldier when the twinned Crichton aboard Talyn heroically sacrificed his life to stop the Scarrans from seizing control of deadly wormhole technology. Shortly afterward, Talyn became so unstable and violent that Crais was forced to shut down most of the Leviathan's biologics.
Crais, believing in Crichton's cause, agreed to return to his former Command Carrier in order to help destroy Scorpius' wormhole-research project. Crais' tactical abilities and knack for controlling people, coupled with his newfound willingness to act in the service of a greater good, led to his and Talyn's final, heroic sacrifices.

Joolushko Tunai Fenta Hovalis is a young Interion woman of remarkable academic accomplishment. Strikingly beautiful, with orange-and-yellow-hued skin offset by a mane of wild, silken hair, she has a fiery temper that matches her wild looks.
Raised in a peaceful star system, Jool attended a rigorous series of universities and rose through the meritocracy to earn respect and privilege. Her background, social status and intellect gave her exposure to the arts and the graces of a finer life. She's proficient in everything from music and art to biology, chemistry and universal cosmology. However, all of this was "book knowledge" — Jool is brilliant, but she'd never been tested in the real world. Despite her prodigious factual base, she hadn't proved her mettle in hard experience.
While on an archaeological expedition to the other side of the galaxy, her group of fellow young intellectuals was hijacked and forced into slavery. Near death, her body was sold for medical research. For 22 cycles, Jool was in frozen stasis, her organs earmarked for sale to anyone who had the money to purchase them.
However, before she could be dissected and carved up, John Crichton and the others aboard Moya rescued her. Though Jool was saved, two cousins of hers that had also been in her group died. She blamed their deaths on Crichton — until she got to know the Human better. When vexed, Jool lashes out with a biting wit. When cornered, she fights like an angry hunting cat. However, when she's at ease she can charm the scales off a snake. Despite all this, Jool is not a hard woman. She's full of charm and sass and verve and vinegar. Her intelligence makes her confident. Her reason makes her clever. And her experience with the crew of Moya has made her a bit easier to live with.
After more than a cycle with the crew of Moya, Jool finally left to follow her own chosen destiny. With the help of Crichton, Chiana and D'Argo, she freed the priests of Arnessk from a 12,000-cycle-long state of suspended animation. As a scholar of Arnesskan history, Jool decided to stay behind with the priests to ease their transition into a vastly changed galaxy.

Utu-Noranti Pralatong a.k.a. Granny or Wrinkles or The Old Woman is a Traskan who has been kicking around and making trouble (and the galaxy's worst soup) for most of her 293 cycles of life. As a wise man once said, "It's not the years — it's the mileage." The Old Woman has plenty of both under her belt.
She's a chef who concocts some of the most horrid dishes Moya's crew has ever tasted. She's a healer whose credo seems to begin with the phrase, "Do a little harm, just to get their attention." She's a teacher whose lessons usually are clouded in riddles and hallucinogenic dust. When she wishes to, she can read people's minds and "project" them into the past or future. She is wise, but dispassionate — forced to choose between the good of a loved one and the good of a thousand strangers, she wouldn't hesitate to sacrifice her loved one in the name of the greater good.
She is what John Crichton would call "hygienically challenged." Put plainly, she reeks because she disdains bathing herself or washing her garments. She will often help Crichton and his shipmates find the truth hiding beneath the surface of a situation — if she doesn't get them killed in the process.

Sikozu Svala Shanti Sugaysi Shanu is a member of the Kalish species. The Kalish live mostly in Scarran-controlled space, but they seem to have only as much loyalty to the Scarrans as Leviathans do to the Peacekeepers. In other words, the Kalish hate the Scarrans.       Sikozu has several fascinating physical characteristics. First, she can go for many solar days without food, a trait she credits to her efficient metabolism. Second, if one of her appendages is severed, the tissue is capable of rebonding without complex surgery. Third, her brain is unable to tolerate Translator Microbes, which means that, while the crew can understand her, she must learn their languages before she can understand them. (Fortunately, she's a fast learner — she already speaks Pilot's language, and she's learning to speak the rest of the crew's native tongues at a greatly accelerated rate.)
      Perhaps most impressively, Sikozu is also capable of "shifting her gravity center," which allows her to walk on walls and ceilings. It's a remarkable feat — and a valuable survival mechanism. In fulfillment of her childhood dream, Sikozu worked for a group called The Organization. It's unclear exactly what they do, only that they are demanding and prestigious employers. For her first assignment, they gave Sikozu half a cycle to learn as much as she could about Leviathans. Under contract to the Grudeks, she located the Leviathans' sacred burial space, then brought a team of Grudek toubray- harvesters there. Thanks to the efforts of Chiana and John Crichton, that mission ended in failure for the Grudeks rather than in a grisly death for any Leviathans. Sikozu now carries a devastatingly negative report on her Organization record, and she is determined to rectify that, as she feels she was unjustly penalized.
      Sikozu is highly intelligent. She obviously has studied Leviathans a great deal and committed many facts to memory, but she remains young, inexperienced and presumptuous. Her lack of worldly wisdom contributed to her disastrous falling-out with the Grudeks. Worse, her arrogant presumption to know everything about the great living ships already is testing the limits of Pilot's vast patience.
      Worst of all, she doesn't seem to understand that killing Leviathans in their sacred space is anything other than good, lucrative business. If she's to live for any time aboard Moya, she'll need to learn better — quickly.

Bios are from scifi.com/farscape Some have been modified to be more current.