"And if either of you even think it's remotely possible that there may be a small battle between yours and the Valkian, then do explain how it would appear- would it just be torn apart from the inside out, would it appear to be some kind of shockwave that erupts in front of it, and strikes it, or what?"

No idea on if we fight, but my system (not m's) would appear to be an enormous nuclear reaction starting from the front of the ship where the atoms of the vessel begin to release all their mass energy to counteract either apparent speed. So imagine a massive explosion working its way through the ship from front to back, likely would not get that far since the energy would be imparted only about a quarter of the way through the ship but by that point the explosion would have left little there.