Editing Penelope Boren

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{{Disambig header|the character|the disease|Boren's Syndrome}}
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{{Quote|We must acknowledge the loss we have all, our [[human|entire species]], suffered today.|Penelope Boren, in regards of [[John-117]]'s claimed death<ref name="a hero falls">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SENJV2_XuLM '''YouTube''': ''Halo 5: A Hero Falls TV Commercial'']</ref>}}

'''Lieutenant Penelope Boren''' is a [[human]] officer and the former press secretary of the [[United Nations Space Command]]. In [[2558]], she was selected by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] to deliver the news of [[John-117]]'s death to the galaxy at large.{{Ref/Reuse|apology}}{{Ref/Reuse|a hero falls}}

==Biography==
In [[2558]], she was chosen by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] to deliver the news of [[Master Chief Petty Officer]] [[John-117]]'s apparent death on [[Meridian]] to the galaxy at large.{{Ref/Reuse|a hero falls}} In a message sent to [[Serin Osman|Admiral Serin Osman]] by [[Michael Sullivan|Commander Michael Sullivan]], it was noted that Boren was chosen above more senior personnel due to the results of projections and personality tests concluding that her message would be delivered with the appropriate amount of "extreme gravitas" and "believable sincerity." According to a letter of apology from Sullivan to Osman, Boren misspoke the date on which the Master Chief was officially declared KIA on October 27, 2560, two years after the correct and current date.{{Ref/Reuse|apology}}

In retaliation for the mistake, Boren was immediately reassigned to the Industries Discourse Management department on [[BXR-730]], a remote mining colony. There, she was given a non-public-facing job, and is also required to have her work reviewed on a weekly basis by a member of Sullivan's general staff.{{Ref/Reuse|apology}}

Unbeknownst to Boren, however, the Master Chief was still very much alive, as ONI staged the announcement to fool the general public and so let [[Fireteam Osiris]] hunt him down without suspicion.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9N5x2iNPMg '''YouTube''': ''Halo 5: Guardians The Unofficial Story TV Commercial'']</ref>

==Trivia==
*Penelope Boren is played by {{Plain|[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0378002/ Sonita Henry]}}, the voice of Ellie Landford from the ''Dead Space'' series.<ref>[https://twitter.com/sonitahenry/status/649644936976035840 Sonita Henry, Twitter, October 1 2015]</ref>
*Her surname may be an homage to ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' writer [[Brannon Boren]], who is also the namesake of the in-universe [[Boren's Syndrome]].

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo 5: Guardians A Hero Falls trailer|A Hero Falls]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Hunt the Truth]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[The Hunt Begins]]'' {{C|Voice only}}

==Sources==
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