Petra Janecek

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 Voi.

Biography
Petra Janecek and her parents lived on the colony world of Lenapi. For a time Petra grew up on Mars and became friends with Thomas Lasky. She attended Cub Reporter school and went on to become an accomplished war journalist throughout the Press Corps. Petra showed great expertise in her work; her coverage of the Spartan-II's gained her many awards after ONI's Section Two had gone public about the program. She had also done reports from ground zero at both New Mombasa and Voi. Following the end of the Human-Covenant War, Petra arrived on the unscathed planet Forseti. While collecting material for a new story, she stayed at Forseti Northern Terminus 37 in Four Winds. There she examined Cortana's message from High Charity leading her to speculate on the possibility that the Ark could be used as a weapon. She immediately called a cruise line to exchange her ticket and head directly to Earth.

In 2558, Janecek aided the crew of in uncovering a spy within the UNSC's ranks. Her investigation into the matter took her into Sangheili holy land, placing her life at risk.

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 other than the replacement Halo ring.

List of appearances

 * Halo: First Strike
 * Petra
 * Halo: Escalation