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Janissary

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This article is about the Venezian mercenary super soldiers. For the character, see Janissary James.

"You will be trained, and you will be forged into weapons to be wielded by many masters. You will serve until your family’s debt is repaid. Each job you take, each contract you sign, will stipulate a percentage of your profits that will go towards repayment, and what that percentage is will depend upon your conduct within these halls. Successes is expected; transgressions and failures will accrue interest."
M'raad explaining how the program will work to new recuits.[1]

A Janissary (plural "Janissaries")[2] is a Venezian mercenary super-soldier.[3] They are named after a similar program undertaken by the Ottoman Empire's military during the Middle Ages of humanity's history.[1]

History

Creation

Janissary recuits were forcibly recuited as collateral for the debts of their parents. The recuits were then taken to New Tyne on Venezia.[1]

Discovery and UNSC counter-operations

During Operation: SONATA, on September 22, 2559, UNSC Captain Veronica Dare would discover the existence of the program.[1]

At some point following their discovery and before March 3, 2560, an operation on Venezia would result in the UNSC's acquistion of a set of ASSAILER-class armor. This armor would be transferred to ANVIL Station for study.[4]

Personnel

Recruits

Dozens were recurited to the program. One such recuit, Callie Calder, was only 15 years old. The others were varying ages relative to hers.[1]

Equipment

Janissaries are known to use the ASSAILER-class armor,[4] BOGGART-class armor,[5] CONQUEROR-class helmet with the Banished Red Cornet Command Network Module,[2] and TASKMASTER-class armor.[6]

Roles

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.[7]

Gallery

List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ a b c d e Halo: Venezian Sonata
  2. ^ a b Halo Infinite, Armor Hall: Red Cornet - Helmet Attachment Description "Banished equivalent of a UNSC Command Network Module used by Venezian janissaries and liasons."
  3. ^ Halo Infinite, Armor Hall: Conqueror - Helmet Description "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."
  4. ^ a b Halo: Anvil Accord
  5. ^ Halo Infinite, Armor Hall: Boggart - Armor Kit Description "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."
  6. ^ Halo Infinite, Armor Hall: Taskmaster - Helmet Description "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."
  7. ^ Halo Infinite, Armor Hall: Assailer - Helmet Description "Human janissaries allied with the Banished rarely take on front-line roles, but it is the quickest way to gain access to further augmentation."