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Name: Director of Intelligence Co-ordination, Codename "Jan"
Real name: Barara (surname unknown)
Background Information: (Season 3)
After Roland Blatty’s untimely retirement as Bureau Chief, Jan believed there was a real need to rebuild the Bureau of Weapons [S3E9], but could not at that time find the right staff to run the department. Beckett’s unfortunate financial position and his need for Bureau-sensitive information in a hurry [S3E1] allowed Jan to effectively blackmail him into becoming Bureau Two’s Chief, with his colleagues in a supporting role. Tough, with a distinctly no-nonsense approach Jan is not afraid to speak her mind, which leaves no doubt as to whom is in charge [S3E3]. She does not take kindly to people overruling her authority [S3E6], and is a shrewd political operator [S3E4], working well with diplomacy [S3E8]. However her initial harshness to Beckett and his colleagues begins to soften when Jan realises their talents are best used when they are given willingly and not forced [S3E5], [S3E7]. Of the three ex-Gizmos employees she gets on best with Beckett, for whom she has special affection. Her relationship with Ros runs hot and cold, but both have a professional respect for the other [S3E10] She has no problems with Ed, but her filing clerk Alex is a different matter [S3E5]...
Jan is good friends with Sir Anthony Fairchild, and is Godmother to his daughter Julia. [S3E7] Jan was asked by Fairchild to marry him back in the 1970’s but her career was more important to her at the time than settling down [S3E9] and so the opportunity passed, though it is apparent that the pair are still very close. With the absence of an immediate family Fairchild and his daughter have been the next best thing: with Beckett and his team coming a close second. Unexpectedly replaced by Elaine Harman as Bureau Chief for a short period when she and David Lance attempted to steal the bulk of the Bureau’s funds by deception [S3E9]: Jan has been offered a seat on the National Security Executive, although it is unclear at present whether that position has been accepted or not…