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[[ | [[File: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The '''DDG-62''' is a model of sublight engine, outdated by the time of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].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 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]]. | The '''DDG-62''' is a model of sublight engine, outdated by the time of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].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]]. | ||
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[[ | [[File:DDG62 ResShipPI.JPG|thumb|left|DDG-62s deactivated for low-observibility {{TRS|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 classification for a guided missile destroyer. | * 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. | ||
Revision as of 22:56, 2 February 2025
The DDG-62 is a model of sublight engine, outdated by the time of the Fall of the Twelve Colonies.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 Mark II.
During the construction of the Blackbird, a prototype craft devised by Galen Tyrol and constructed by crew of Galactica, Colonel Saul Tigh offers Tyrol a pair of these engines that are taking up space in the Baah Pakal's cargo hold (TRS: "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 (TRS: "Pegasus").
Notes
- DDG-62 is also the real-word designation of the US Navy Arleigh Burke class destroyer 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. [1]