USS Valkyrie (NCC-74665)

The USS Valkyrie (NCC 71984) was a Courageous class starship, formily Captained by Scott Shepherd.

Commission
The ship was comissioned in 2376, shirtly after the Reman incident, and given command to Captain Scott Shepherd, a year after his ship was destroyed a year ago at the battle at Cardassia. The Ship was heavily armed and designed as a heavy Cruiser and a long range explorational vessle. Her original assignment was to explore the Tagrean sector, but after the Reman incident she was put to use as a delegate transport and transported several federation delegates to Romulus, to attend a conference.

New Assignments
The Valkrie was given a new mission. She was to explore the Skarran sector, and search for a missing Nova Class science vessle, the USS Baltimore. As the ship began its sensor sweep of the sector they detected, two small objects on an intercept course. The two objects collided with the ships shields. Then out of nowhere, a large superstructure decloaked off the port bow. The ship haild the Valkyrie, demanding that their vessle be boarded. Captain Shepherd declined and charged weapons. The Two ships locked in battle, they were eqauly matched but the Valkyrie was able to place some well aimed shots and dissabled the Alien ships Weapons and engines. The Valkyrie made a quick get away and contacted Starfleet.

Thul Skirmish
After contacting Starfleet, the Valkyrie led an invasion force into the Skarran sector, in order to rescue the Captured federation vessle. The Battle was a victory, they rescued the Baltimore, without any losses.

Exploration
The Valkyrie spent three years on an exploration mission, past the Tagrean sector. They made first contact with seven new species but made enemies with three of them, one of them being, the Thul. The Valkyrie had many skirmishes with the Thul, Winning almost all of the time. but after a Thul allied with the Dominion, they dealt a crippling blow to some of the Federation's border collonies. And the Valkyrie was sent to put a stop to it.

The Thul Incursion
A year later the New Dominion members, the Thul, began to Deciamte Federation wrolds that lay on their border, and mark them as their own. The Valkyrie, being the closest ship, was sent negotiate a peace treaty, but when the Valkyrie is ambushed by the Thul and almost destroyed, it escalates to a second Dominion war. The Valkrie was saved by The USS Enterprise-E, who towed the ship back to Earth for Repairs.

Dominion War
After the Valkyrie was repaired it was sent to DS9, in order to hold back the invading Dominion forces. Along with the Enterprise and the Defiant, the Dominion forces were sent limping home, but it left the Bajor sector unable to defend a much larger second wave from both the Dominion and the Thul. The Bajor Sector fell to the Dominion once again, with the Enterprise being destroyed with all hands and the Valkyrie and the Defiant held Captive.

Escape
The crews were able to escape their holding cells and make their way to their respective ships. The Dominion Fleet was not prepared for an Assult from the inside and the two ships destroyed a large portion of the fleet guarding The Bajor system, enough for them to make a fast escape.

Reatake of Bajor
A massive federation fleet, lead by the Defiant and the Valkyrie, left Federation space for the Bajor system. The Dominion Fleet was destroyed and Bajor was retaken. DS9 was put under repair and a large fleet, including the Valkyrie was posted to protect it from any furthur incursion.