Petra “Deadline” Okafor

Smuggler of admissible evidence

A cheerful, mercenary former grounder who moves evidence through the same logistics systems that sustain the lie. Petra renegotiates without apology and keeps exactly every promise she has been paid to keep.

Independent · former grounder

Relationship record

Connections

Mara VanceClient whose evidence Petra agrees to move Dev OkonkwoFellow member of the informal evidence network

Contains full-book spoilersReveal the complete character arc

Petra’s exfiltration gets the census and Cricket out of the Belt inside a certified grain shipment. She embodies a practical ethic distinct from Mara’s ideals: trust can be contractual, limited, and still completely real.