Laura Tobin

Laura Tobin was a human member of Faction Paradox in the 26th century. She was the first of five generations of the individual that became Compassion. (PROSE: Of the City of the Saved...) Laura had a sister named Alison. (PROSE: Ship of Fools, Of the City of the Saved...)

Tobin lived on the colony world of Ordifica until it was attacked by the Time Lords, after which she and the rest of the survivors were evacuated and set up on another colony, Anathema. During the time it took for Anathema to travel to Earth through space, Laura Tobin's personality and biodata was copied into a Remembrance Tank, eventually resulting in the being known as Compassion. (PROSE: Interference - Book One)

She was resurrected in the City of the Saved, where she became a detective in Paynesdown District. (PROSE: Of the City of the Saved...)

Laura stayed in Paynesdown during the City of the Saved Civil War. On one occasion, she allied with a group of peace activists to blackmail Doomsday Cesario with a nanopoison. (PROSE: A Hundred Words from a Civil War)