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[[ | [[Image:DDG-62_1.jpg|thumb|right|Designer Peter Laird admiring the DDG-62s mounted on the [[Blackbird]].]] | ||
The '''DDG-62''' is a model of sublight engine, outdated by the time of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] | The '''DDG-62''' is a model of sublight engine, outdated by the time of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]. The engines are apparently meant for small, one-man craft, and provide ample acceleration that seems to match that of a [[Viper (RDM)|Viper Mark II]]. | ||
During the construction of the [[Blackbird]], a | During the construction of the [[Blackbird]], a prototype craft devised by [[Galen Tyrol]] and constructed by crew of ''[[Galactica]]'', [[Saul Tigh|Colonel Saul Tigh]] offers Tyrol a pair of these engines that are taking up space in the ''[[Baah Pakal]]'''s cargo hold ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]). | ||
The engines were designed by aeronautical engineer [[Peter Laird]], who says that they were mostly phased out of use 10 years ago | The engines were designed by aeronautical engineer [[Peter Laird]], who says that they were mostly phased out of use 10 years ago ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]). | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
[[ | [[Image:DDG62 ResShipPI.JPG|thumb|left|DDG-62s deactivated for low-observibility ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]).]] | ||
* DDG-62 is the real-word designation of the US Navy | * DDG-62 is also the real-word designation of the US Navy Arleigh Burke class destroyer [http://www.fitzgerald.navy.mil/ USS ''Fitzgerald'']. DDG is the Navy hull classification for a guided missile destroyer. | ||
* The engines' name is an homage to that very ship. The show's science advisor, [[Kevin R. Grazier]], organized a tour of the vessel for the writing staff. Ultimately only [[Bradley Thompson]] and his wife attended, but he later included the reference into the episodes as thanks. <ref name="ddg62">[http://www.hollywoodnorthreport.com/article.php?Article=3429 BSG Tech Blog #6]</ref> | |||
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