Walküre
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Like the Spartanian, Walküre are small, fast and highly maneuverable. With their articulated weapons mounts they are capable of firing on the enemy without changing their direction of flight. This capability was equally useful against enemy warships as it was enemy fighters - the four cannons of a Walküre were capable of cutting through the flanks of enemy warships. ({{hbshbl}}{{e|12|hbshbl}}; {{logh|102}}) | Like the Spartanian, Walküre are small, fast and highly maneuverable. With their articulated weapons mounts they are capable of firing on the enemy without changing their direction of flight. This capability was equally useful against enemy warships as it was enemy fighters - the four cannons of a Walküre were capable of cutting through the flanks of enemy warships. ({{hbshbl}}{{e|12|hbshbl}}; {{logh|102}}) | ||
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.jpg) A Walküre fighter (794 UC (485 IC / 3594 CE)) | |
| Affiliation: | Galactic Empire, New Galactic Empire |
| Type: | Space combat fighter |
| Purpose: | Space superiority and anti-ship strike role |
| Length: | 25 metres |
| Width: | 8 metres |
| Height: | 8 metres |
| Armament: | 4 laser cannons |
| Crew: | 1 |
The Walküre (Japanese: ワルキューレ) was the fighter craft employed by the Galactic Empire from the late stages of the Alliance-Imperial War to at least 801 UC (3 NIC / 492 IC / 3601 CE).
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Design
Unlike the Alliance's Spartanian fighters, the Walküre fighter design comprises multiple hulls. The cockpit is positioned in a pod located at the fore of the dorsal hull, and is fully enclosed, with the pilot being afforded a virtual view from the cockpit similar to the arrangement on the Spartanian.
Engines are located at the rear of the dorsal and ventral hull. The port and starboard hulls mount two cannons each in an over / under arrangememt, on articulated struts capable of full 360 degree up and down rotation, as well as a more limited capablity to swivel left and right. Walküre deployed from their home ships through the use of launch tubes, being deposited into space by the launch tube docking arms rear first, with their weapons struts swivelled to face rearward. (LOGH: 'The Battle of Astarte')
Role and Capabilities
Like the Spartanian, Walküre are small, fast and highly maneuverable. With their articulated weapons mounts they are capable of firing on the enemy without changing their direction of flight. This capability was equally useful against enemy warships as it was enemy fighters - the four cannons of a Walküre were capable of cutting through the flanks of enemy warships. (HBSHBL: 'A Hundred Billion Stars, One Ambition'; LOGH: 'A Challenge to Arms')
Walküren are capable of atmospheric flight, and are sufficiently protected so as to be able to perform combat missions in close proximity to a star without concern. (LOGH: 'The Battle of Amritsar Starzone', 'Portraits')
Walküre fighters are also equipped with electronic warfare systems capable of jamming radar. (Retriever - Chapter II)
Gallery
 Walküre in flight (801 UC (3 NIC / 492 IC / 3601 CE)) |
.jpg) Walküre cannons (796 UC (487 IC / 3596 CE)) |
.jpg) Walküre variant (799 UC (1 NIC / 490 IC / 3599 CE)) |
 Walküre rear (796 UC (487 IC / 3596 CE)) |
 Walküre launch (796 UC (487 IC / 3596 CE)) |
.jpg) Cannon angling (792 UC (483 IC / 3592 CE)) |
Appendices
Appearances
Apocrypha
Licensed sources
A Walküre's laser weapons were capable of rotating 360 degrees of up and down rotation, and were capable of angling 60 degrees to left or right. The Imperial public information on the fighter listed the engines as chemical rockets. However this turned out to be deliberate misinformation. Alliance simulations based on analysis of exhaust gases concluded the engines used fusion propulsion. (Data Book: Mechanic & Seiyū Encyclopaedia, p. 174, Mechanical Photo File, p. 52)
The fighter piloted by Imperial ace, Horst Schürer, had an improved sensor and communications package. (Mechanical Photo File, p. 53)
DVD features
Sketches of the Walküre fighter appears in the extra features of the DVD box set.
 Production sketch |
 Range of rotation of weapons |
