James Lyman

James Lyman
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Colony
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Callsign	Jammer?
Nickname	{{{nickname}}}
Introduced	Litmus
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Marital Status	Single
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Role	Deckhand, Deck Crew, Battlestar Galactica
Rank	Specialist
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Portrayed by	Dominic Zamprogna
James Lyman is a Cylon
James Lyman is a Final Five Cylon
James Lyman is a Human/Cylon Hybrid
James Lyman is an Original Series Cylon
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		@ BW Media
Additional Information
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Jammer is a member of Deck Crew 5 under Chief Tyrol, often seen working alongside other crewmemembers Socinus and Cally in the hangar bay.

When President Roslin made it public knowledge that Cylons are now capable of mimicking human form, paranoia spread throughout the Colonial Fleet. Cally and Socinus argued with Jammer that everyone shouldn't become suspicious and stop trusting one another or the Cylons got what they wanted. Jammer told them that the time for that kind of thinking was in the past and it was "every man for himself now" (Litmus).

When Cylon Centurions boarded the Galactica (Valley of Darkness), Apollo and a team of Marines found Jammer hiding unharmed in a small arms locker room filled with crewmen the Cylons had killed.

Jammer also scoffed Tyrol's attempt at constructing the Blackbird fighter, though he later reconsidered his decision and aided the deck crew and Tyrol in finishing the Blackbird prototype (Flight of the Phoenix).

Notes

• It has been speculated that Jammer may be one of the remaining humanoid Cylon models to be revealed.
• It's not entirely clear whether "Jammer" is the character's actual name or his nickname (like Tyrol being called "Chief" most of the time in casual conversation) because no one has ever formally addressed him by name and rank, i.e. "Specialist Jammer" has never been spoken aloud. Curiously, he signed his name on the Blackbird simply as "Jammer".
• Jammer is distinct amongst the deck crew of Galactica in that while essentially all of the other deck crew characters so far shown wear orange jumpsuits, Jammer's jumpsuit is yellow (this makes him easy to spot for fans who might not know who he is). This is probably done to add to the realism of the re-imagined series, because real-world aircraft carrier deck crew personnel wear color-coded jumpsuits according to their assigned tasks. On real-world US Navy carriers, yellow-suited deck crewmen are charged with aircraft handling, catapult gear, and plane direction duties. The US Navy actually doesn't use an orange-suit designation, but the closest to that are red-suited personel, who are charged with ordnance, crash and salvage duties.