Editing Janissary

A '''janissary''' (plural "'''janissaries'''"){{Ref/Game|Id=HIAHRedCornet|HINF|Armor customization (Halo Infinite)|Armor Hall|Detail=Red Cornet - Helmet Attachment Description|Quote=Banished equivalent of a UNSC Command Network Module used by Venezian janissaries and liasons.}} is an [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] term used to refer to privatised human augmentation programs run by criminal, corporate, power brokers, and colonial groups.{{Ref/Site|Id=CF158|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-blightlands-and-brigands|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Blightlands and Brigands|D=17|M=10|Y=2024}}  

Named after a similar [[Wikipedia:Janissary|program]] undertaken by the [[Wikipedia:Ottoman Empire|Ottoman Empire]]'s military during the [[Wikipedia:Middle Ages|Middle Ages]] of [[human]]ity's history, the term "janissary" was initially used to describe super-soldier programs such as the [[Venezia]]n mercenary super-soldiers,{{Ref/Novel|Id=sonata|Halo: Venezian Sonata}} but later expanded to encompass a variety of human augmentation programs by criminal, corporate, power brokers, and colonial groups. Janissaries are often considered commodities, created to be a profitable weapon system.{{Ref/Reuse|CF158}}

==Known programs==

On Venezia, janissaries are funded by cartel leaders; they create and hire out super-soldier mercenaries to a variety of groups in exchange for raw materials and access to stolen technology.{{Ref/Site|Id=CF158|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-blightlands-and-brigands|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Blightlands and Brigands|D=17|M=10|Y=2024}} One such effort is lead by the [[Yonhet]] power broker [[M'raad]], whose recruits were conscripted as collateral for the debts of their parents.{{Ref/Reuse|sonata}}  

As a result of the [[Created uprising]], [[Optican]] CEO [[Adam Andrews]] believed that the [[Spartan]]s and [[United Nations Space Command]] were unable to protect its people.{{Ref/Reuse|sonata}}{{Ref/Reuse|CF158}} Subsequently, Andrews has directed Optican's resources towards research on stabilizing [[rumbledrug]]s.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Hippocratica|Halo: Hippocratica}}{{Ref/Reuse|CF158}}

Around [[2559#September|September, 2559]], Venezian janissary recruits were conscripted as collateral for the debts of their parents. These recruits were then taken to [[New Tyne]] on Venezia.{{Ref/Reuse|sonata}} During [[Operation: SONATA]], on September 22, [[UNSC]] [[Captain]] [[Veronica Dare]] discovered the existence of the Venezian program.{{Ref/Reuse|sonata}} At some point between September, 2559, and [[2560#March|March 3, 2560]], an operation on Venezia resulted in the UNSC's acquisition of a set of ASSAILER-class armor. This armor would be transferred to [[ANVIL Station]] for study.{{Ref/Reuse|anvil}}

===Recruitment===

Dozens were recruited to the program. One such recruit, [[Callie Calder]], was only 15 years old; the others were varying ages relative to hers.{{Ref/Reuse|sonata}}

Banished leaders must first enter a formal contract in order to enlist janissaries.{{Ref/Reuse|CF158}} While janissaries allied with the Banished are rarely given with front-line roles, some of them take those roles as the quickest way to gain access to even more augmentation procedures.{{Ref/Game|Id=Assailer|HINF|Armor customization (Halo Infinite)|Armor Hall|Detail=Assailer - Helmet Description|Quote=Human janissaries allied with the Banished rarely take on front-line roles, but it is the quickest way to gain access to further augmentation.}}

Janissaries are known to use the [[ASSAILER-class armor]],{{Ref/Book|Id=anvil|Halo: Anvil Accord}} [[BOGGART-class armor]],{{Ref/Game|Id=Boggart|HINF|Armor customization (Halo Infinite)|Armor Hall|Detail=Boggart - Armor Kit Description|Quote=The Goblinstrike effort by Venezia makes use of Created technology stolen from Balaho to restart a Covenant factory satellite and manufacture Grunt-ish armor for augmented human mercenaries. Phew. Get all that? The BOGGART is the first result that didn't result in unnecessary fatalities from design defects. For Banished and independent Grunts it is also a friendly face in an unfriendly galaxy. Friendly for a Grunt, at least.}} [[CONQUEROR-class helmet]]{{Ref/Game|Id=HIAHConqueror|HINF|Armor customization (Halo Infinite)|Armor Hall|Detail=Conqueror - Helmet Description|Quote=The CONQUEROR is a Venezian fusion of Covenant and UNSC technologies made possible by massive infusions of Banished resources and stolen information. Their operators are home-grown mercenary super-soldiers eager for plunder and power.}} with the [[Banished]] Red Cornet [[Command Network Module]],{{Ref/Reuse|HIAHRedCornet}} and [[TASKMASTER-class armor]].{{Ref/Game|Id=HIAHTaskmaster|HINF|Armor customization (Halo Infinite)|Armor Hall|Detail=Taskmaster - Helmet Description|Quote=Venezian power brokers are keen to leverage the Banished for expansion of their burgeoning mercantile empire. They provide the TASKMASTER suits for use by Banished mercenary commanders, while subtly probing their allies battle network for useful information.}}