Laura Tobin

Laura Tobin was a 26th century inhabitant of Ordifica who was chosen by Faction Paradox to be a participant in the Remote project. She was the first of five generations of the individual who became Compassion. (PROSE: Interference - Book Two, Of the City of the Saved...)

Within the City of the Saved, Laura became a notable detective in Paynesdown District. (PROSE: Of the City of the Saved..., A Hundred Words from a Civil War)

First life
Laura originally came from Earth, where she had a strained relationship with family, (PROSE: Interference - Book Two) including her sister Alison Tobin. (PROSE: Of the City of the Saved...) Alison believed that "everyone" preferred Laura over her. As heard by Bernice Summerfield aboard the Titanian Queen in 2593, Alison hoped for Laura's death. (PROSE: Ship of Fools)

In 2594, Laura was sent to Ordifica by her family because they felt she was a social embarrassment. During her time on Ordifica, she became associated with Faction Paradox. (PROSE: Interference - Book Two) Uncle Kristeva knew Laura around this time. (PROSE: The Ancestor Cell)

In 2596, Laura was rescued by the Faction from the House Military attack on Ordifica. (PROSE: Interference - Book Two, The Book of the War) She was assigned navigational duties on the evacuation ship Justinian, a position she shared with Fitz Kreiner. On Mathara's instructions, Fitz and Laura routed the Justinian a temporal course to Anathema in 1799.

Laura willingly offered to become one of the founding members of the Remote colony on Anathema, welcoming the alterations it would cause. (PROSE: Interference - Book Two)

Laura was content living on Anathema. She stayed friends with Fitz Kreiner before he left to rejoin the Faction. (PROSE: Interference - Book Two) Laura outlived all of the other original versions of the colonists who stayed on Anathema, surviving into her eighties. When she died, the Remote who had known her filled a Remembrance tank with their memories of Laura, creating Compassion II. (PROSE: Of the City of the Saved...)

In the City of the Saved
Tobin 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)