Battlestar Valkyrie

Valkyrie (BS-41) was a Valkyrie-class battlestar in service in the Colonial Fleet. A relic of the Cylon War, the ship was continually upgraded to maintain usefulness in the fleet, and as part of BSG-41 saw action in classified operations as well as Caprican defense patrol. It was destroyed in the opening hours of the Fall of the Twelve Colonies.
== History ==
Valkyrie was constructed before 40 BCH (YR60) during the Cylon War, a conflict between the newly formed United Colonies of Kobol and its sentient Cylon labor force. An initial order of twelve hybrid battleship-carriers, dubbed the Battlestars, proved successful in eliminating early weaknesses in cruisers that were vulnerable to hijacking via networking hacking. Further orders followed, with similarly designed unnetworked ships entering service after. Valkyrie was heavily damaged in a battle with the Cylons over Canceron some two years before the end of the war in 42 BCH (YR58); assumed destroyed by the Cylons, the Colonial Fleet used this to their advantage and began amassing a fleet of damaged ships which, when repaired in deep space under radio silence, would lead a surprise assault on Cylon positions. Some of Valkyries pilots were reassigned to Osiris as part of what became known as the Ghost Fleet OffensiveBattlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome.
Valkyrie remained in use in the 20s BCH (YR80s) as the Colonial Fleet went through a major shake-up, which saw new ships retire ships such as Galactica to support roles. Around the year 2 BCH (YR98), Valkyrie, under the command of Commander William Adama, received orders from Admiral Peter Corman to take part in a black-ops mission. The fleet's Admirals had long been suspicious of a Cylon armament and were actively pushing the newly elected President Richard Adar for modernization of the fleet to keep up with this hypothetical enemy. Per orders, Valkyrie jumped to the Armistice Line and launched a "Stealthstar" reconnaissance craft across the border. The craft was identified immediately by the Cylons and attacked, forcing Commander Adama to fire a missile at the vessel to prevent the Cylons from recovering proof of a blatant breach of the Cimtar Peace AccordsBattlestar Galactica (2004), episode: "Hero".
By 0 BCH (YR00), Valkyries role was as a patrol ship protecting Caprican airspace. Soon after the installation of the finalized Command Navigation Program, which networked the ship's computers with one another and their Vipers, a flotilla of Cylon Basestars jumped above the planet. Valkyrie and its companion, Yashuman, immediately turned to intercept but were disabled by hacking and subsequently destroyedBattlestar Galactica (2004), movie: "The Plan".
==Gallery==
BattlestarValkyriePatch.webp|Uniform Patch
Valkyrie port flight pod.png|Port flight pod.
BattlestarValkyrieAlligatorHeadHero.jpg|Alligator Head
BattlestarValkyrieCICCrewHero.jpg|CIC Crew
BattlestarValkyrieCICHero.jpg|CIC
BattlestarValkyrieMainBatteryHero.jpg| Main Battery
BattlestarValkyriePortBayHero.jpg|Port Bay
ValkyrieConceptArt.jpg|Concept Art
ValkyrieConceptArt2.jpg|Concept Art
ValkyrieConceptArt3.jpg|Concept Art
Valkyrie-new-01.jpg|Concept Art
=== Sources ===
Category:Colonial Fleet_Battlestars
Category:Colonial Fleet_Ships