Oh, also, since Valkazard Feedback™ is a bit of a topic:
Frankly, it's not even the most overpowered "super-ship frigate" I've played in a mod.
If anything, it's very tightly balanced and handled well and with obvious care and consideration, and there's even an aspect I think might be a little
too punishing.
To address that aspect first: the 40% CR loss per deployment is, well, pretty harsh. Which I get is the point, this thing is a high-performance prototype that really needs work after every deployment, but the Sleeper start is meant to be at least "pirate-friendly" without being outright pirate-y in lore and immediate game feel. But this means that for most freight interception operations - that is, fight the escort fleet first, and then a stern chase against the fleeing transports - the Valk can't actually operate at full capacity during the second half of the operation without help from skill-related CR cap boosts. For players who use Certain Approved Ways to get the Valk later in their playthrough, it's probably not as big a deal since they'll have one of the relevant skills or an officer with one, but for the Sleeper start at level one, it feels... a bit rough. Especially since in the early game, the demands on your captain's skillpoints are considerable, and you may not want to invest in one of the CR cap raisers right away. It makes more sense compared against a 100% CR cap, but I dunno; I feel like 30% loss per deployment might feel a little better overall while still pressuring you to not take
too long out there, even with your potentially massive deployment time (Hardened + Wolfpack alone gives you 500 seconds of deployment time), and if anything would lean on you making sure to be economical with that first strike so you don't dip below 40% for the follow-up.
At the very least, it's probably worth having a look at; it's not the end of the world, but in terms of ~design space~ it does feel like it's bumping up a bit against how the early part of a Sleeper playthrough is "meant" to play.
Everything else is just pure magic, though. I love the different options for the chassis and how it changes up how the unit plays, I love the weapon variety on the arms (I'm still trying to figure out what weapon set-up I like the absolute best, and perhaps which for different missions), I love the options the missile hardpoints give you for loadouts, I love the fairly generous fitting allotment, I love how the various ship systems work, and I even love how its defenses are far from perfect. It's still quite vulnerable to getting popped from behind, and some ships that you didn't think of as being that dangerous in other contexts can be quite lethal now! (Diable Avionics Hazes are the ones currently terrifying and delighting me, because they just loooove to phase skip right behind you and beanbag you...) It's an incredibly different experience compared to other "super ship" starts and it's so, so engaging and fun. It really does get that "flying a special fighter/mecha in a battle of big ships" feeling across like nothing else I've played in the modiverse, and it's an utter delight. It even makes considerations and math for a lot of skills feel different; Wolfpack, as noted, gives the Valk a truly hilarious uptime where some other frigates or strikecraft might not benefit as much, while a lot of "mainstay" damage increasers are maybe not quite as relevant to it! But what about going into neural interface, and commanding both it and a mighty, proper battlecarrier-flagship and switching as needed, and perhaps trying to arrange skills for both? Hmmmmmm...
In short, really great job with this; it was worth what I'm sure was hours and hours of labor setting everything up just right. I'm practically on tip-toes waiting to see what kind of campaign content you have planned related to the Valk!
A lot of the other feedback has also been covered by others, and I don't have much to add or productively gush about there, so I'll wrap things up.
In short, it's all great, I love it, it's quite an improvement over ArmaA 1.x, and I'm glad this mod exists. Please keep at it!
(And finally, a question: is there a way to order a strikecraft to go repair/re-arm at a friendly carrier? I'm having a little trouble getting my officer'd strikecraft to do so.)