Ride of the USS Valkyrie as vessel launches for the Solerian Sector
Earth’s Spacedock hums with electricity only a new launch can generate. Dockworkers move with purpose along the gantries, and somewhere in the distance, the low resonance of a freshly-powered warp core thrums through the deck plating. Today, Starfleet commissions the USS Valkyrie, NCC-76418-A, an Achilles-class refit Tactical Explorer bound for the largely uncharted Solerian Sector. I sat down with her commanding officers, her predecessor’s captain, and members of her crew to learn what this launch means for the Federation’s reach into deep space.
