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| Callsign | Ripper | |
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| Introduced | Miniseries | |
| Death | Killed in Action during the Fall of the Twelve Colonies (Miniseries) | |
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| Role | Commander, Air Group assigned to Battlestar Galactica | |
| Rank | Major | |
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| Portrayed by | John Mann | |
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The CAG aboard Galactica just before the Cylon attack, Jackson "Ripper" Spencer is a liked and respected officer who mixes easily with his pilots. Off-duty he enjoys joining his pilots in a card game, while on-duty he takes his work very seriously and treats his pilots with a firm but fair hand.
During the decommissioning ceremonies for Galactica, Spencer plays second fiddle to Captain Lee Adama, allowing the younger man to fly the newly-restored Viper Mark II N7242C - the vehicle flown by one Lieutenent William Adama during the Cylon War, to honor Galactica's outgoing Commander and Lee Adama's father.
Following the decommissioning ceremony, Spencer leads his squadron - the last fully-operational squadron on Galactica - to Caprica, presumably to be re-deployed. While en route, the Cylons launch their surprise attack on the Twelve Colonies.
Alerted to the attack by Galactica, Spencer locates two Cylon Raider fighters and, after ordering the accompanying Raptor reconnaissance vehicle away from the combat zone, orders his squadron to intercept and destroy the Raiders. However, as the Vipers moved in on their targets, all suffer simultaneous failures in their flight control, communications and weapons systems as the Cylons infiltrate 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 is replaced by Captain Lee Adama as Galactica's CAG.
Notes[edit]
In their DVD commentary of the Miniseries, producers Ron Moore, David Eick and director Michael Rymer noted they were very impressed with actor John Mann's proformance as Maj. Spencer. They were disappointed in killing off his character, jokingly wishing to bring him back as his character's "twin brother" because they enjoyed working with him so much.