At the success of the Mk II and the fleet-wide deployment of the Valkyries in the fleet, Starfleet Command began looking into the Valkyrie with more interest.
With the Mk II, the Valkyrie truly stepped into a class of her own. Among the improvements for the Mk II Valkyrie were a new ablative armor compound, improved power plant, and the employment of a hardpoint system beneath the wings. The efficiency in which the attack fighters were operated were doubled by allowing the pilots to focus solely on the maneuvers and weapons employment of the craft during a fight, allowing the RIO to handle comm traffic, emergency repairs, and tactic simulations. White became the chosen color for the department, and the admirals that rode this project into history became the core of the Aerospace Command.īoth the Mk I and II Valkyries used Rear Intercept Officers (RIOs). They accepted only the highest scoring Conn or fight-trained Security or Tactical Cadets, and then dealt them another year of training in the fields they lacked from their Academy training.
The original score of 400 personnel - the fleets new Tactical CONN officers - served as the foundation for a new and more organized department for fighter pilots. It was the only way, they reckoned, to ensure that the fleet used the right kind of pilots for these fighters. By 2381, these fighters were still being deployed in fairly limited numbers - shuffled around the fleet.Īnother development at the time was that a group of influential admirals in the fleet demanded to form a new department that hand-picked the Conn officers with the most tactical training. In learning that a full squadron of Valkyries would still require a lot of support for engagements of a Dominion-War level threat, Starfleet deemed that the attack fighter needed an upgrade.
Initially, the design proved successful, with a high survivability rate matching the heavy fire power available to bring down larger ships. They were initially designed as a carrier-based fleet engagement craft. These fighters were assigned to the USS Typhon (TNG game: Star Trek: Invasion). The year 2375 - after the conclusion of the Dominion War - the AC-205 Mk I Valkyries were deployed. Namely, the prototype Mk III version, a superior fighter that made use of recent advances in technology. The formation of the Starfleet Astronautical Command Division in 2375 was heavily influenced by the successful deployment of Peregrine-class fighters aboard the starships serving as carriers in the fleet, yet the USS Theurgy did not hold a squadron of Peregrine-class fighters aboard, but the more developed Valkyrie-class.
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