Talyn

Foehammer
Talyn, late 2004, in "Home" configuration.
Former commission of Oz K.
Namesake	Leviathan-Gunship Hybrid from [[1]].
Class and role	Hybrid-class heavy frigate
Chassis	Antec Aria
Mainboard	AOpen MK89-L
CPU	AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 2.0GHz
GPU	Radeon 9800 Pro
RAM	1GB DDR400
Storage	Unknown internal IDE HDD 80GB USB external 120GB USB external
Known quirks	Poor power delivery from bundled PSU General instability Random resets Overheating GPU damage

Constructed in October 2004, Talyn was intended to take over Oz K.'s desktop duties from its predecessor Phoenix. Specced with near-top-of-the-line parts for the era, the selection of the MicroATX case was an attempted continuation of the LAN-proven portability of the previous computer.

Talyn, however, was a complete failure. In place of Phoenix's cool temperament was volatile, hot-headed behavior; in place of Phoenix's fine performance was confusingly slow speeds; in place of Phoenix's low power requirements stood a machine that literally required five power plugs for conventional operation (LAN operations dropped this requirement no lower than three). Voltage for the processor was low enough to cause repeated, random resets, and the motherboard's BIOS did not have any setting for increasing said voltage.

Talyn had the shortest lifespan of any systems used personally by the Earl. It operated (with many issues) for less than a year, before suffering permanent GPU failure. While a replacement card could have been requisitioned, it could have prompted an Upgrade Cascade; a GPU replacement would require a PCIe x16 slot, necessitating a new motherboard, which in turn would require a new platform and improved power supply; as its existing power supply was proprietary, the swap would require a new case, at which point the endeavor would have been an entirely new build.

Talyn was decommissioned in late summer 2005, and replaced by 343 Guilty Spark.