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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The '''DDG-62''' is a model of sublight engine, outdated by the time | The '''DDG-62''' is a model of sublight engine, outdated by the time the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] had occured. 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 [[battlestar]] ''[[Galactica]]'', [[Saul Tigh|Colonel Saul Tigh]] offered Tyrol a pair of these engines that were taking up space in the ''[[Baah Pakal]]'''s cargo hold. ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]) | ||
The engines were designed by aeronautical engineer [[Peter Laird]], who | The engines were designed by aeronautical engineer [[Peter Laird]], who said 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 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 classifcation 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. | |||
Source: [http://www.hollywoodnorthreport.com/article.php?Article=3429 BSG Tech Blog #6] | |||
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