Where have these mythical valkyries gone? Are they on still on the drawing board, or are they on the back burner, (or perhaps scrapped) for now? There was not mention of them in the newsletter, so can we assume that production of these have been halted?

I can only mention so many different things in a given newsletter.

Yes, the S and P variants are still coming. They have not been scrapped. They are held up by the same thing they have been.. certain gameplay changes that will dramatically increase the relevance of two more Trident variants. Those game changes have been delayed by a variety of development factors, fires, and other issues.

SOON(tm).

Capella>S/P

Are there any ball park specs on these that you can share with us?

I would recommend give us capella first then you guys can work on all capships S/P variants :)
So the proper question should be when will we get capella testing/manu????
:)