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The '''''Baah Pakal''''' is a ship in [[The Fleet (RDM)|The Fleet]]. The ''Baah Pakal'' once held a pair of outdated [[DDG-62]] engines on her flight deck that were donated to the [[Blackbird]] prototype ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).
The '''''Baah Pakal''''' is a ship in [[The Fleet (RDM)|The Fleet]]. The ''Baah Pakal'' once held a pair of outdated [[DDG-62]] engines on her flight deck that were donated to the [[Blackbird]] prototype ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).
The name "Ba'ha Pakal" is [[Wikipedia:Mayan languages|Mayan]] in origin. "B'a" means head or first, and "Pakal" means shield; thus, taken together as "B'a Pakal," it would be Mayan for "First Shield."{{citation needed}} Also note [[Wikipedia:Pacal the Great|Pakal]] was the greatest ruler of the [[Wikipedia:Maya civilization|Maya]] city [[Wikipedia:Palenque|Palenque]] in Chiapas, Mexico.


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The Baah Pakal is a ship in The Fleet. The Baah Pakal once held a pair of outdated DDG-62 engines on her flight deck that were donated to the Blackbird prototype (Flight of the Phoenix).