Valkyrie

Certifications[]

Primary Weapons[]

Weapon Ribbons and Medals[]

August 30, 2014 Update[]

September 5, 2014 Hotfix[]

October 2, 2014 Update[]

October 30, 2014 Update[]

April 9th, 2015 Update[]

July 23, 2015 Update[]

January 14, 2016 Update[]

October 24, 2016 Update[]

October 19, 2017 Update[]

December 13, 2017 Hotfix[]

April 5, 2018 Update[]

August 15, 2018 Update[]

October 11, 2018 Update[]

March 25, 2021 Update (Outfit Wars Championships)[]

July 1, 2021 Update[]

June 9, 2021 Hotfix[]

March 30, 2022 Update (The Arsenal Update)[]

Ribbons[]

Medals[]

General[]

Bug Fixes[]

Page Contents Current As of Patch:

2021-06-09

Valkyrie
The Valkyrie is a six person aircraft used for close air support and transportation. It is crewed by a pilot and a forward gunner with room for four passengers that are able to use their personal equipment while in flight.
Type:	Fast Attack Transport
Empire:
Cost:	250
Health:	3,000
For Armor and Damage resistance details see this article.
Decay:	5 Minutes
Nose Cannons:	M20 Wyvern, CAS 14-E, Hellion G20, Pelter Rocket Pod, VLG Missile Launcher

The Valkyrie is a fast attack/transport aircraft produced by Nanite Systems, available to all factions as a part of the Common Pool.

The Valkyrie is a light transport/gunship hybrid. It is noticably cheaper, faster, and more manoeuvrable than the Galaxy dropship, with access to a single powerful nose cannon, although this comes at the cost of transport capacity—with a total of only six seats down from the Galaxy's twelve—and considerably less durability, with less than half the health pool and reduced resistances, and a lack of supportive defense slot upgrades.

Unlike the Galaxy, the Valkyrie's passenger seats are rumble seats, exposing passengers to damage but allowing them to use their own weapons and equipment as normal. Players occupying rumble seats cannot use Nano-Armor Kits to repair the aircraft. The belly of the Valkyrie is armored, causing damage received from targets located below the aircraft to be reduced by 50%.

This vehicle has access to squad logistics, allowing members of the squad of any occupant to spawn into the vehicle. It also features a built-in Ejection System, nullifying the velocity of any occupants who eject from the vehicle and temporarily immunizing them to fall damage.

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Valkyrie Vehicle Certifications

M20 Wyvern

Costs
Auto Granted
General Info
Fire Rate:		444 RPM
Muzzle Velocity:		550m/s
Effective Range:		Long
Fire Modes:		Automatic
Damage^[?]
Max Damage:		200 before 50m
Min Damage:		150 after 200m
Reload Speed
Reload Speed:		2.25s
Ammunition
Magazine Size:		30
Ammunition Pool:		480
Accuracy^[?]
Cone of Fire:		0.5

CAS 14-E

Costs
Cert Cost:		875
DC Cost:		599
General Info
Fire Rate:		480 RPM
Muzzle Velocity:		500m/s
Effective Range:		Long
Fire Modes:		Automatic
Damage^[?]
Max Damage:		125 before 50m
Min Damage:		100 after 200m
Max Indirect Damage:		100 before 0.5m
Min Indirect Damage:		25 at 2m
Reload Speed
Reload Speed:		2s
Ammunition
Magazine Size:		60
Ammunition Pool:		480
Accuracy^[?]
Cone of Fire:		1

Hellion G20

Costs
Cert Cost:		550
DC Cost:		399
General Info
Fire Rate:		541 RPM
Muzzle Velocity:		300m/s
Effective Range:		Long
Fire Modes:		Automatic
Damage^[?]
Max Damage:		200 before 50m
Min Damage:		143 after 100m
Reload Speed
Reload Speed:		3.5s
Ammunition
Magazine Size:		90
Ammunition Pool:		720
Accuracy^[?]
Min Cone of Fire:		1
Max Cone of Fire:		10

Pelter Rocket Pod

Costs
Cert Cost:		875
DC Cost:		599
General Info
Fire Rate:		300 RPM
Muzzle Velocity:		250m/s
Effective Range:		Long
Fire Modes:		Automatic
Damage^[?]
Max Damage:		145
Min Damage:		145
Max Indirect Damage:		150 before 0.5m
Min Indirect Damage:		50 at 3m
Reload Speed
Reload Speed:		2.25s
Ammunition
Magazine Size:		8
Ammunition Pool:		200
Accuracy^[?]
Cone of Fire:		0.7

VLG Missile Launcher

Costs
Cert Cost:		875
DC Cost:		599
General Info
Fire Rate:		120 RPM
Muzzle Velocity:		150m/s
Effective Range:		Long
Fire Modes:		Laser Guided
Damage^[?]
Max Damage:		575
Min Damage:		575
Max Indirect Damage:		450 before 1m
Min Indirect Damage:		50 at 5m
Reload Speed
Reload Speed:		2.2s
Ammunition
Magazine Size:		1
Ammunition Pool:		30

With any Valkyrie weapon, it is possible to get both Ribbons and Medals. Each Ribbon is a standard reward for achieving a set amount of kills with a Valkyrie weapon. Medals relate to how many overall kills you have with the Valkyries weaponry.

Ribbon	Icon	Requirements
Valkyrie Service Ribbon		10 kills.
Driver Service Ribbon		20 driver assists

Find out more on the Service Ribbons article.

Medal	Requirement	Award
No Medal	0 kills	N/A
Copper Medal	10 kills	2
Silver Medal	60 kills	10
Gold Medal	160 kills	20
Auraxium Medal	1,160 kills	200

The Valkyrie has access to five separate cosmetic customization slots, each modifying a different part of the vehicle.

Alongside the expected ability to add Camouflage and Decals, the player can modify the cockpit glass, attach extra plating to the exterior, and add a trim effect to the airframe.

Though not necessarily defined as a cosmetic, the sound of the Valkyrie's in-built horn can also be changed.

Valkyrie Exterior
Name	Style	Acquisition


Crop Duster Plating		399
Gladiator Fins		399
Panopticon Plating		249
Tiger Fins		399 NS Valkyrie Pro Bundle
Venomous Plating		249

Valkyrie Glass and Cockpits
Name	Style	Acquisition


Cockpit: Standard Glass		Default
Avenger Cockpit		399
Chrome Glass		99
Crop Duster Cockpit		249
Cyan Glass		99
Dark Red Glass		99
Digital Decal		150
Gold Glass		250
Panopticon Cockpit		249
Pink Glass		250
Targeting Decal		99
Yellow Glass		99
Venomous Cockpit		249

Valkyrie Trim
Name	Style	Acquisition


Blue Lumifiber Digital		399
Blue Lumifiber Tracer		399
Cyan Lumifiber Digital		250
Cyan Lumifiber Tracer		399
Purple Lumifiber Digital		399
Purple Lumifiber Tracer		550
Red Lumifiber Digital		399
Red Lumifiber Tracer		550
White Lumifiber Digital		250
White Lumifiber Tracer		399
Yellow Lumifiber Digital		250
Yellow Lumifiber Trim		399
Auraxium Lumifiber		Awarded upon completion of the Master Valkyrie directive.
Living Rust		Warmachine's Seven-Year Anniversary Bundle
Re-entry Lumifiber		Starseeker's Eight-Year Anniversary Bundle (?)

A new NS vehicle is now available at standard aircraft terminals, the Valkyrie!

The Valkyrie is a six person aircraft used for close air support and transportation. It is crewed by a pilot and a forward gunner with room for four additional rumble seat passengers. These passengers sit in open seats on the side of the Valkyrie which allows them to use their personal equipment while in flight.

Valkyrie composite armor now increases resistance to aircraft nose cannons by 2/3/4/5% up from 1/2/3/4%
Small arms damage against Valkyrie reduced by 25%
Valkyrie base resistance to flak increased from 25% to 37%
Valkyrie base resistance to armor piercing bullets increased from 50% to 70%
Increased the power of the Valkyrie airbrake
Passengers in the rumble seat of the Valkyrie now have an innate resistance to Flak and other explosive damage

Squad Logistics System for Valkyrie now has unique icon.

Fixed incorrect tooltip for Valkyrie Auraxium Lumifiber
Fixed missing title for Valkyrie nose cannon slot in the Loadout page
Valkyrie rear landing gear now rests better/touches the ground
Valkyrie: Cockpit Glass is missing when Cyan Glass is equipped

Valkyrie resistance to AV grenades changed from 0 to -25%
This changes it from 3 AV grenades will take it to burning
This changes it from 3 Tank Mines to 2

Valkyrie resistance to ESF nose cannons provided by composite armor is being made base line. Composite armor will no longer provide a bonus resistance against ESF nose cannons
Base resistance to ESF nose cannons increased from 85 to 90%
Composite armor no longer provides a bonus.
Resistance to HEAT and AP is also being adjusted. These adjustments make the Valkyrie a little more resilient, similar to a Liberator
Resistance to HEAT increased from 0 to 25%
Resistance to AP increased from 25% to 35%

Small arms do less damage to Valkyries
Valkyrie bottom armor increased to 50%
Increased weapon thermal range from 50 to 200

Players can now safely drop from a Valkyrie by default.

The Squad Logistics certification has been refunded and squad-spawn capabilities have been made default
Updated the squad logistics loading screen tip to reflect the changes
Gunner turrets can now swivel 360 degrees

Air to Ground Warheads
- Dev Note: Some A2G warhead resistance (type 23) values were skewed from where they were intended to be. The following changes will increase the durability of the listed vehicles against Hornets, Zephyr, and Dalton weapons.
- Valkyrie resist 23 (A2G warhead) from -140 to -50
Walker resistances
- Valkyrie resist 22 (walker) from 70 to 75

Valkyrie Resistances
- A2G resistance from -50 to 0
- Dev Note: Coupled with the reduced Dalton damage, this changes Dalton from 2 shots to kill to 2 shots to crit and 3 shots to kill; Zephyr from 4 shots to kill to 5 shots to crit and 6 to kill; and Hornets from 4 shots to kill to 5 to crit and 6 to kill.
- Resist type 8 (Aircraft Nosegun) from 75 to 80
- Dev Note: This change slightly lengthens the time to kill against Valkyries with noseguns alone, providing a bit more survivability.

Resistance type 12 (Flak Explosive) from -126 to -100
Dev Note: Valkyrie is the vehicle most prone to keeping its belly armor facing a damage source, and most likely to break line of sight with threats due to the vehicle's agility. Even so, we wanted to give the vehicle a bit more breathing room in those close situations.

Resistance to small arms (type 2) from 96 to 75.

Small arms resistance (type 2) from 75 to 90.
Dev Note: The last adjustment to the Valkyrie's small arms resistance reduced the effectiveness of the vehicle as a combat platform, but hit the Valkyrie harder than we'd have liked. We're going to more conservative numbers and can continue to tune as necessary.

NSO Valkyrie's Hellion now has a windup time, like the other factions' versions.

Repairing from the rumble seat has been removed for all vehicles.
- Dev Note: We've removed rumble seat repairs to create clearer, more predictable vehicle balance. A lack of rumble-seat repairs should weaken the Harasser's ability to escape to a small degree, and slow down the pacing for this vehicle. The vehicle most impacted by this change will likely be the Valkyrie, as it will need to fly closer to the ground instead of being as brazen in the air. We've compensated to a small degree by allowing the Valkyrie to use the Engineer's Aircraft Synergy passive, but we'll be monitoring to see if additional changes are necessary to keep the Valkyrie relevant and fun.

Infantry no longer kneel while in the Valkyrie's rumble seat, and once again use their sitting animation.

Valkyrie Customizations - Horn

Valkyrie NS-A Horn

Valkyrie Sonic Wave Horn

Ride of the Valkyries

Changes below help move the Valkyrie a bit further away from piñata territory by increasing its overall movement capabilities and its anti-vehicle effectiveness with non-VLG weaponry.
General
- Increased forward speed by roughly 25kph.
- Increased downward thrust speed.
- Increased forward and rise acceleration.
- Increased braking capabilities.
- Tank shell resist from -65 to -80
- Wyvern
  - Damage resist type from 28 (Gatling Guns) to 4 (Heavy Machine Guns)
  - Minimum damage from 143 to 150
  - Minimum damage range from 100m to 200m
  - Reserve ammunition from 300 to 480
- Pelter Rocket Pods
  - Reload speed from 3.5sec. to 2.25sec.
  - Direct damage from 125 to 145
  - Reserve ammunition from 100 to 200
- Hellion G20
  - Magazine size from 60 to 90
  - Reserve ammunition from 450 to 720