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Valkyrie
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Race:	Colonial
Type:	Military
FTL:	Yes
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CO:	Commander William Adama
XO:	Colonel Saul Tigh
Role:	carrier / battleship hybrid
Weapons:	Kinetic Energy Weapons, ship-to-ship missiles
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Fate:	Presumed destroyed
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Additional Information

Valkyrie was a Colonial battlestar, belonging to Battlestar Group 41, under the command of William Adama before the Fall of the Twelve Colonies. The ship's class is not known.

Approximately six years before the Cylon attack, Valkyrie had been ordered by Admiral Corman to deploy a stealth recon ship over the Armistice Line to test Cylon resolve and gather intelligence on Cylon activities. During the mission, an unidentified DRADIS contact (presumed to have been a spacecraft) entered the area of the stealth ship piloted by Lieutenant Daniel Novacek and damaged the Stealthstar's engines before jumping away.

Two further (presumed Cylon) contacts were detected on an intercept course with the stealth ship. Rather than attempt a rescue of the disabled craft, Commander Adama ordered the stealth ship to be destroyed to prevent its discovery and capture.

In the days and years following the incident at the Armistice Line, and in particular after the Cylon attack on the Colonies, Adama came to believe that his actions had provoked the Cylon assault, having "proved" to them that humanity was aggressive and not to be trusted (Hero).

The eventual fate of Valkyrie is not known, but she is presumed to have been destroyed along with the rest of the Colonial Fleet (except Galactica and Pegasus) during the Cylon assault on the Twelve Colonies.

Valkyrie type battlestar

One theory holds that the Valkyrie type battlestar is an intermediate model to Galactica and Pegasus. However, it is more likely that it is just as a new a design as the Mercury Class but was designed for an entirely different purpose. The overall design shares more commonalities with the Mercury class, such as the non-retracting flight pods and the shape of the bow. In addition, the CIC is nearly identical to that of Pegasus , as are the electronics and instrumentation. However, the Valkyrie appears to be designed more for covert operations and stealth whereas the Mercury Class was designed more as an allout assault platform. This can be seen from the fact that unlike the Mercury Class, Valkyrie only has two flight decks not four (it doesn't have the need for quick fighter recovery); and unlike both the Mercury Class and Columbia (Galactica) Class, the viper launch tubes are mounted underneath the flight pods as opposed to on the sides which allows for the mounting of special weapons battaries not seen on either the Mercury or Columbia Class.

Valkyrie is seen firing a ship-to-ship missile from what appears to be one of its gun turrets. It is not clear whether Valkyrie carries missile batteries resembling gun turrets or if her guns are able to fire some type of rocket-boosted, homing munition. Regardless, her turrets are of a different design than those seen on Galactica or Pegasus.

At least two unnamed battlestars matching Valkyrie's design are docked at the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards when it is destroyed (Razor).

Notes

• The ship's hull number can't be seen. It is thus not known if it is identical to its Battlestar Group.
• The Valkyrie CIC insignia adorns David Eick's production office wall.
• In mythology, a Valkyrie is a minor female deity who chose the most heroic fallen warriors to ascend to Valhalla where they would await Ragnarok. Valkyrie is the third (second onscreen) instance of Norse mythology being used, the first being Ragnar Station, which is a reference to Ragnarok, the Norse "twilight of the gods" (Miniseries).
  • Curiously, the story of Ragnarok parallels with the career of William Adama, the former commander of Valkyrie. Adama, considered a fallen hero by the admiralty, is transferred from the advanced Valkyrie to command the aging Galactica about a year before the Cylon attack. Later, with the fall of the Colonies, he finds himself in the Battle of Ragnar Anchorage, the last battle within Colonial space.

Related Imagery

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  Valkyrie firing a ship-to-ship missile
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  One of the ship's flight pods.
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  Valkyrie-type battlestar bow (Razor).
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  A Valkyrie-type battlestar destroyed over Scorpia (Razor).
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  The ship's batteries.
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  The CIC.
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  Valkyrie insignia