Pilot is a fictional character and one of two regular animatronic puppet characters on the television science fiction series Farscape. Pilot is operated by Sean Masterson, Tim Mieville, Matt McCoy, Mario Halouvas and Fiona Gentle. His voice is provided by Lani John Tupu .
Pilot is a member of a race known to us as simply Pilots, who bond with the organic Leviathan spacecraft and become their navigator, companion, and liason to passengers. Once bonded Pilots can survive only a brief period of time of separation from their Leviathans, and only when travelling in something made of a Leviathan's components (as in a transport pod).
Pilot is at least the second Pilot that Moya has had. The first was removed by the Peacekeeper scientist Valorek, who seduced Pilot with the promise of being bonded despite the fact that the Elders had denied Pilot already. Pilot was initially artificially bonded, which caused him great pain until, during the series, he was separated from Moya out of grief for his involvment in the death of the first Pilot. After he came to terms with it, Pilot and Moya began a long and difficult natural bonding process.
Pilot's gentle nature and immobility have at times brought him suffering. In one of the most shocking scenes in the series, fellow crew members cut off one of his arms in exchange for a way to return home.