Jack of Harts

The Republic of Texas Space Force operated the B-17 Valkyrie throughout The War, with successive point updates to cover up deficiencies in the rushed design. They promised an upgraded production version every year as The War continued, but retooling was difficult and the lost production time would have badly affected deployment. So they continued to build the Valkyries until they drove the Shang from the Hyades Cluster. Only then did Texas authorize the construction of the new B-25 Super Valkyrie that included every major update and lesson learned during the Valkyrie’s two decades of front line service. The first of them technically saw service before War’s End, but most military historians consider them a Post War design, as they saw no major combat actions. Very few were built before War’s End, and the factories were shut down afterwards. Those Super Valkyries, and the many Valkyries rebuilt to their standard, became Texas’ primary bomber in the decades of peace that followed.