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The '''JAMMER''' command uses one carried jammer to interfere immediately with ships in range, including the launching ship. The device does not remain as an object to scan or destroy; see [[Jamming]] for its range, severity, and effects.

== Syntax ==
<syntaxhighlight lang="text">
JAMMER
</syntaxhighlight>

The command may be abbreviated to <code>JAM</code>. It takes no target, direction, or quantity. One successful command consumes one jammer regardless of how many ships it affects.

== Launch checks and consequences ==
The ship class must support jammer launch and carry at least one jammer. A jammer cannot be launched while cloak is charging, fully active, or in ge-next's post-deactivation recovery state. It may be used while stopped, at impulse, or at warp, including in the [[Neutral zone|neutral zone]]. The launching ship is also jammed by its own device.

Launching a jammer does not lower raised shields or consume neutron flux. It is hostile activity and starts the normal combat-exit delay. Classic and ge-next apply their jamming effects at once rather than creating a moving projectile; the affected ships then hold the duration in their own ship records.

== Launcher differences ==
Classic has no jammer reload delay or damageable jammer-launcher system. A player with inventory can enter <code>JAM</code> repeatedly without waiting for a ship-state update. ge-next 0.2.6 limits the launcher to one jammer per main ship-state update, normally a reload of no more than about six seconds. This also prevents repeated commands from flooding nearby players with jamming notices.

Since ge-next 0.3, combat damage can disable the launcher until Damage Control or maintenance repairs it, and a ship already at fatal damage cannot operate it. The damaged launcher and repair progress appear in [[Report command|<code>REPORT SYSTEMS</code>]]. These are launch restrictions; classic and ge-next also differ substantially in what the ''jam'' does, as described on [[Jamming]].

Equipped ships can use <code>JAM</code> in ge-arena matches. Arena loadouts make jammers relatively scarce, and arena's combat-exit delay is shorter than regular ge-next's.

== See also ==

* [[MBMGEHLP.MSG#HELP_JAMMER|Classic HELP JAMMER]]
* [[Jamming]]
* [[Scan command]]
* [[Lock command]]
* [[Torpedo command]]
* [[Missile command]]
* [[Report command]]

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