The Valkyrie colony transport ship

The Valkyrie colony transport ship was an Exodus class, multi-generation space faring vessel. Taking approximately 8 years to build, it was christened and launched in 2180. Using a form of ion propulsion, it made the voyage to Trappist-1 in 40 years.

The ship design featured a main axial fuselage around which eight saucer sections were attached. The entire vessel spun along the axis of the main fuselage, using the cetrifugal force to maintain a 1G artificial gravity within the saucer sections. Once in orbit of Trappist- e, the saucer sections detached from the main fuselage and descended onto the planet. Only seven of the eight saucers successfully made planetfall. These saucer sections then became the initial outposts of the Trappist colony.

The eighth saucer section suffered a catastrophic failure of its landing thrusters upon planetfall. It broke apart during decent and large sections veered off course towards the northern polar region. There were insufficient resources to mount a rescue attempt and all hands were declared lost.

The main fuselage remained in orbit and became the nerve center connecting all of the outposts. As the outpost grew and became less dependant on the Valkyrie to coordinate operations, the Valkyrie entered a geostationary orbit and was renamed Valhalla Station.