Intentional BSG reference?

In Chapter 20 of In Death Ground (chapter 53 of the online The Stars At War compilation from the CD), I see a reference to a Captain Apollo, a Bucky, and a Boomer all in the same scene. This immediately made me think of the pilot trio of the classic Battlestar Galactica (except for the point where Bucky's a girl, since IDG was (iirc) published before the 2003 'reboot' where the casts' genders all got flipped). I was just wondering if this was an intentional homage or not.

not read it yet but it certainly sounds like a intentional ref to the new galactica (where star buck is a girl) .Its on my amzn wish list ,is the book anygood?