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{{Character Data|photo=Bsg-cag-1.jpg| | {{Character Data| | ||
|photo= [[Image:Bsg-cag-1.jpg|200px]] | |||
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|callsign= Ripper | |||
|death= Killed in Action during the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] ([[Mini-series]]) | |||
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|role= [[CAG|Commander, Air Group]] assigned to [[Battlestar (RDM)|Battlestar]] ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' | |||
|rank= Major | |||
|actor= [http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0542821/ John Mann] | |||
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The former CAG aboard the ''Galactica'', Spencer was a liked and respected officer who mixed easily with his pilots. Off-duty he enjoyed joining them in a card game, while on-duty he took his work very seriously and treated his pilots with a firm but fair hand. | |||
During the decommissioning ceremonies for ''Galactica'', | During the decommissioning ceremonies for the ''Galactica'', he played second fiddle to Captain [[Lee Adama]], allowing the younger man to fly the newly-restored [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] Mark II N7242C - the vehicle flown by one Lieutenent [[William Adama]] during the [[Cylon War]], to honour the ''Galactica's'' outgoing Commander and Lee Adama's father. | ||
Following the decommissioning ceremony, Spencer | Following the decommissioning ceremony, Spencer led his squadron - the last fully-operational squadron on ''Galactica'' - to [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]], presumably to be re-deployed. While they were <i>en route</i>, the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] launched their surprise [[Cylon Attack|attack]] on the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]]. | ||
Alerted to the attack by the ''Galactica'', Spencer located two Cylon [[Raider]] fighters and, after ordering the accompanying [[Raptor]] reconnaissance vehicle out of the firing-line, had his squadron attempt to intercept the Raiders. However, as the Vipers moved in on their targets, they all suffered simultaneous failures in their flight control, communications and weapons systems as the Cylons infiltrated their ship computer using the backdoor programming of the [[Command Navigation Program]]. | |||
Unable to maneuver or fire, the entire squadron was quickly destroyed by the two Raiders, with Spencer among the first to be killed. | |||
With his death, Spencer was replaced by Captain [[Lee Adama]] as ''Galactica's'' [[Commander Air Group|CAG]]. | |||
== Notes == | === Notes === | ||
In their DVD commentary of the Mini-Series producers [[Ron Moore]], [[David Eick]] and director [[Michael Rymer]] noted they were very impressed with actor John Mann's proformance as Capt. Spencer and they were disappointed to had to of killed off his character. They jokingly expressed wishing to bring him back as his character's "twin brother" because they enjoyed working with him so much. | |||
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|width="30%" align="center" rowspan="{{{rows}}}" | Preceded by:<br/>'''Unknown''' | |||
|width="40%" style="text-align: center;" rowspan="{{{rows}}}" | Commander Air Group of the Battlestar ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' | |||
|width="30%" align="center" rowspan="{{{rows}}}" | Succeeded by:<br/>'''[[Lee Adama|Lee "Apollo" Adama]]''' | |||
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