nvfr
The rules are a little ironic,but fact of the matter is if you don't hold a NVFR rating you can only fly IFR at night, If you have never held a NVFR rating there is no way you can meet the recency requirements for NVFR flying in any catergory(pvt,awk,chtr).
So to answer your question you will have to plan and fly IFR.
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