Petra Janecek

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Petra Janecek
Biographical information
Homeworld	Lenapi
Physical and combat information
Gender	Female
Weapon(s)	Revolver
Chronological and political information
Affiliation	Unified Earth Government
Era(s)	Human-Covenant war Post-war era

Petra Janecek was a human civilian and freelance war journalist during and after the Human-Covenant war. She gained critical acclaim for her coverage of both the SPARTAN-II Program and the Battles of New Mombasa and Tsavo.

Biography

Little is known of Janecek's early life other than she grew up on Mars with Thomas Lasky before later taking on a career as a planet-hopping journalist.

On March 8, 2558, Janecek was contacted by Lasky to help uncover a mole within the UNSC who leaked the location of peace talks between the Sangheili and the Jiralhanae to the Covenant Remnant. Janecek agreed to help on the condition that she get an interview with John-117 himself.

The trio went to the Sangheili colony world of Karava to meet with Janecek's contact, Zef 'Trahl. As they travel through the trade port of Kor Delban, Lasky's companion, Naiya Ray unintentionally provoked a Sangheili named 'Lordan, prompting his fellows to draw their energy swords. Janecek swiftly ended the dispute by shooting 'Lordan in the head. She explained to Ray that she was displaying dominance and they didn't need a Spartan starting a bloodbath.

The trio soon met their contact in a bar. 'Trahl then provided the identities of the people behind the peace talk attack; Vata 'Gajat, a mercenary formerly in Jul 'Mdama's employ, now selling his services to the highest bidder; and Captain Daniel Clayton, who serves under Rear Admiral Horatio Temkin, the ambassador to Sanghelios and organizer of the peace talks, and therefore would've known its location. As they leave 'Trahl company, the two women guess that Lasky knows Clayton's motive, to which the captain explains that Clayton is the son of Captain James Cutter, who went missing thirty years ago.

Personality

Janecek was a perfectionist, and had a weary, semi-fatalistic viewpoint toward her role as a UNSC propagandist. She often sold her stories to The Magellan. Janecek also held a deep respect for John-117, and framed her Voi story on how "a single human soldier had single-handedly changed the entire course of the war."

Her perfectionism led her to discover a discrepancy in Cortana's distress signal sent to the Shadow of Intent during the final days of the war, leading her to theorize that there was in fact another doomsday weapon on the Ark other than the replacement Halo ring.

List of appearances

• Halo: First Strike (First appearance)
• Halo: Escalation
  • Issue #4
• Hunt the Truth
  • Episode 4. CROSSING THE BLACK