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| image= 3x8-Valkyrie-Firing.jpg
| title= ''Valkyrie''
| race= Colonial
| type= Military
| ftl= Yes
| crew=
| status= Destroyed, [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Zero Hour]], 0 BCH
| patch= Valkyrie Gold.png
| co= Commander [[William Adama]] (until 6 [[BCH]])
| xo= Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] (until 6 BCH)
| role= Carrier / battleship
| arm= 20x light batteries <br /> 33x heavy batteries <br /> Tube-launched ship-to-ship missiles
| aircraft= Small Viper compliment <br /> Small Raptor compliment
| facilities= 2x flight pods <br /> 2x flight decks <br /> 6x Viper launch tubes
| img= Y
}}
'''''Valkyrie''''' was a veteran [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Colonial]] [[battlestar (RDM)|battlestar]] of an [[Valkyrie Type Battlestar|unnamed class]], built around the start of the [[First Cylon War]]. It played a crucial role in eliminating the Cylon's edge, and turning the favor of the war to the Colonials. The ship was still in service nearly 40 years later, serving on the Colonial front lines with its sister ships, where it was stationed over Caprica. ''Valkyrie'' is later destroyed by Cylon forces in an act of [[Command Navigation Program|subterfuge]] during the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Fall of Caprica]]. Prior to its destruction, ''Valkyrie'' was attached to the 41st [[Battlestar Group]] ([[TRS]]: "[[The Plan]]").

== History ==

=== First Cylon War ===
Approximately ten years into the first [[Cylon War]], ''Valkyrie'' was involved in a battle with Cylons near [[Canceron]] Prime, in which the ship took major damage, and was presumed destroyed. In truth, Colonial Admiralty saw an opportunity to trick the Cylons, and the ship had become part of a secret Colonial "ghost fleet" hiding in Cylon-held space, where several pilots and their planes were on detachment to the battlestar ''[[Osiris]]''. ''Valkyrie''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> crew at the time were made to witness their own death certificates.

After the Cylons were fed more false information, ''Valkyrie'', along with the rest of the "Ghost Fleet," participated in the successful [[Ghost Fleet Offensive]] campaign against Cylon forces, striking every Cylon base in five sectors (''[[Blood and Chrome]]'').

=== Inter-War Period ===
Approximately six years<ref name="hero">While dialogue from "[[Hero]]" places these events at 1 BCH, this contradicts previously established dates about the time Adama and others served on ''Galactica''. See [[Hero#Analysis]] for a detailed explanation why ''Battlestar Wiki'' chooses to treat this as a continuity error.</ref> before the Cylon attack, ''Valkyrie'' had been ordered by Admiral [[Peter Corman]] to deploy a [[Stealthstar|stealth recon ship]] over the [[Armistice Line]] to test [[Cylon (RDM)|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 proven to them that humanity was aggressive and not to be trusted ([[TRS]]: "[[Hero]]").

=== Return of the Cylons ===
During the initial Cylon assault on the Twelve Colonies, ''Valkyrie'', alongside battlestar ''[[Yashuman]]'', moves in to engage the Cylons over [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]]. Both battlestars move to weapons-free status, only to be disabled by the [[Command Navigation Program|CNP]]'s backdoors before any shots could be fired. ''Valkyrie'', ''Yashuman'', a third battlestar of the same class, and their deployed Viper squadrons are destroyed shortly after ([[TRS]]: "[[The Plan]]") <ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmAEmuwZY5Q Watch in high definition and pause at 1:18 and 1:43]</ref>.

==Notes==
* The ship's hull number cannot be seen. It is thus not known if it is identical to its battlestar group.
* The ''Valkyrie'' CIC insignia adorned [[David Eick]]'s production office wall in the Vancouver Film Studios where ''Battlestar Galactica'' was produced.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=videoBlog&vid=51390|title=Video Blog: Taking A Break From All Your Worries|date=|accessdate=|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>
* In Norse mythology, a ''[[Wikipedia:Valkyrie|Valkyrie]]'' is a minor female deity who chooses the most heroic fallen warriors to ascend to Valhalla where they would await [[Wikipedia:Ragnarok|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 "twilight of the gods."
** The story of Ragnarok parallels the career of William Adama, the one-time 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 ==
<gallery>
Image:Valkyrie close up.jpg|Closeup of a ''Valkyrie'' type battlestar.
Image:Battlestar Valkyrie The Plan.png|''Valkyrie'' among it sister ships above Caprica.
Image:Valkyrie CNP Virus Transmission.png|''Valkyrie'' under attack.
Image:Battlestar Valkyrie CNP Hack.png|''Valkyrie'' after being disabled by the Cylons.
Image:ValykrieFlightPod.jpg|One of the ship's flight pods.
Image:Valkyrie Missile Tube.png|A closeup of a battery.
Image:Valkyrie bridge.jpg|The CIC.
Image:Valkyrie CIC.jpg|Full view of CIC.
Image:3x8-Adama-and-Valkyrie-insignia.jpg|''Valkyrie'' insignia.
Image:Valkyrie patch.jpg|''Valkyrie'' armpatch.
</gallery>

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