Jenna Stannis

Jenna Stannis is the deuteragonist of the first two seasons of Blake's 7.
She was portrayed by Sally Knyvette, who reprised the role for Big Finish. For B7 Media, she was voiced by Carrie Dobro.
==Biography==
Jenna was a smuggler, although she preferred the term "free trader". She was eventually caught by the Federation, possibly because she had refused to smuggle the dangerous drug shadow for the Terra Nostra, and sentenced to deportation to Cygnus Alpha. She met Roj Blake and Vila Restal in the holding area on Earth, where she was initially contemptuous of Blake. Her view quickly softened when she learned Blake's lawyer Varon was attempting, unsuccessfully, to have his conviction overturned. En route to Cygnus Alpha on the prison ship London, she rebuffed the approaches of Sub-Commander Raiker, who was determined to break her. She joined Blake's escape attempt and, trapped in the computer room with him and Avon, learned of his ambition to overthrow the corrupt Federation administration. Although she didn't share his optimism, she appreciated his idealism. Recapturd, the trio were used as a boarding party to capture a drifting alien ship, which Jenna thought of as the Liberator: Her piloting skills allowed them to use the ship to escape.
Jenna accompanied Blake to Cygnus Alpha, remaining on the ship while he freed the other prisoners. Avon tried to convince her to take the Liberator's wealth and run, convinced Blake was chasing a lost cause. Jenna considered it but insisted on waiting so she knew she'd given Blake a chance, and ultimately teleported him, Vila and Gan on board over Avon's objections. She helped Blake retrieve a capsule containing frozen aliens and was left to monitor them with Gan. However, they turned out to be xenophobic Programmed Guardians. Jenna killed two of them, being saved from the last one by Blake, and the incident left her uncertain about Blake inviting the alien Cally to join the crew.
Remaining with Blake's crusade, Jenna was often left to man the teleport or utilise her piloting skills. During an attack by Blake's enemy Travis, Jenna was selected by observing aliens to accompany Blake in a duel using primitive weapons against Travis and his Mutoid pilot. She helped with the attempt to rescue the rebel leader Avalon. She was left in charge of the ship when Blake and Cally were absent rescuing President Sarkoff from exile, and saw the ship taken over by Amagon bounty hunters led by an old acquaintance, Tarvin. She pretended to side with Tarvin but ultimately helped Blake defeat the Amagon.
Jenna was captured by Scavengers during a rescue mission on Cephalon and took a lead role in Blake's attempt to enlist the aid of the Terra Nostra, taking him to her contact Largo. When it became clear Terra Nostra were aiding the Federation, Jenna helped set up the sensors that allowed the Liberator to destroy the shadow plantation. Like the rest of the crew, she agreed to join Blake's attack on the Federation's Central Complex on Earth. Left behind on the ship, when Blake's party stumbled into a trap set by Travis, Jenna managed to turn the tables and take Supreme Commander Servalan hostage to trade for their release, although Gan was killed during the escape. When Blake appeared to desert the ship in the aftermath, Jenna was willing to consider leaving without him, although she was disgusted by Avon and Vila's readiness to do so and quickly won over by Blake's message that they needed to decide if they could go on together.
When Blake joined a plan to expose Servalan at a governors' conference, Jenna wholeheartedly supported him. When the conference turned out to be a trap set by Servalan, Jenna delayed teleporting up to make sure Blake came with her. She aided him in his quest for the location of the Federation computer complex Star One, joining him and Cally in searching Freedom City, and then travelling to the primitive planet Goth where she attracted the attention of the Goth leader Gola. Remaining on the Liberator during the assault on Star One, she detected the approach of the Andromedan invasion fleet and sent a warning message to the Federation. Like the rest of the crew, she agreed to fight the Andromedans until the Federation could arrive.
Jenna evacuated the ship with Blake in the aftermath of the battle was reported soon after to be on a hospital ship en route to Morphenniel. She joined Blake's new resistance cell on Gauda Prime but, according to Blake, was killed during an attempt to run the blockade around the planet, hitting her self-destruct and taking half a squadron of gunships with her.
Category:TV Show Heroes
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Category:Criminals
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Category:Protectors of Innocence