Back when the Odyssey was introduced to Star Trek Online in 2012, the U.S.S. Valhalla was the flagship of one of my main characters.
Flagship of one Hauk (or Starfleet version of his character) to be exact.
It was to the point that I had a logo commissioned to represent it.
Of course, Hauk retreated back to just his Klingon Defense Force persona, meaning he no longer had need of a Starfleet ship.
But now 11 years later, his counterpart version, Hauk’, who is of a different / alternate reality has a place firmly entrenched on the Starfleet side of the zone.
And among the ships in his arsenal is an Odyssey-class that was in serious need of a name.
Why not roll the Valhalla back out and give it to Hauk’ to serve as flagship of his personal battle group?
He will continue to also have the U.S.S. Maelstrom, U.S.S. Dragonstone and U.S.S. Blackfyre (among others), but a fleet admiral needs a command ship that is advanced enough to track and coordinate operations from one central location.
And for Hauk’, that ship is the Valhalla.
Since the ship never actually got a backstory even though I ran it in game for a time, we are going to give her one.
Although much of those details remain cloudy and not refined enough to say yet, she will be hosting a variety of technologies that were introduced on other starships …. befitting a fleet admiral’s flagship.