Laura Huggins was the name of both a deceased human woman from Saratoga Springs, New York in the late 20th and 21st centuries and a simulated reconstruction of her made in early 2421.
The real Laura worked at a clothing department store called Macy's, but had dreams of a singer-songwriting career. Laura had long wondered what life would be like after she died and, in 2015, donated her phone to a community time capsule.
In early 2421, archaeologists excavating sites north of Albany, New York exhumed the time capsule and recovered the phone. The phone contained so much information about the historical Laura Huggins that a reconstruction was able to be made in the Environmental Simulator.
The simulation of Laura closely mirrored her real-life counterpart from the year 2015. The simulated Laura briefly dated Helmsman Gordon Malloy after breaking up with her boyfriend Greg, while the historical Laura remained single until returning to him. Her character was stored in Gordon's program Laura Alpha.
After being thrown back in time to 2015, Gordon sought out Laura and married her, ultimately having a child with her. These events were negated when the crew of the USS Orville traveled back to 2015 and retrieved Gordon before any of this could happen.[1]
History[]
Life[]
Laura Huggins was born sometime in the 1980s. By the year 2015, she lived in Saratoga Springs, New York in the United States of America. She often hung out at parties and small gatherings with her friends Trisha, Lorenzo, and Karl, and boyfriend Greg.
Laura worked in retail for many years at Macy's, a high-end clothing store in Saratoga Springs, but her true passion was performing guitar and vocal arrangements. By 2015, she visited local bars, playing guitar and singing with an accompanying cellist and acoustic guitarist.
Later that year, the community of Saratoga Springs arranged to bury a time capsule north of Albany, New York. Laura donated her own cell phone to the project. Nothing is known of Laura after she gave the phone.
Relationship with Greg[]
By her own account, Laura dated a number of men who were "losers" that left her "pretty cynical" until she met Greg in the year 2006. "He was passionate and intelligent and funny," a simulated version of her later told Gordon. "And I fell for him almost immediately."
During their time together, Greg encouraged Laura's personal development. When they first met, she was shy and afraid to perform music in public, and it was Greg who encouraged her to perform the guitar and sing in public.
After a while, Laura grew disenchanted. Greg was unemployed and "irresponsible," and the two broke up around 2015. However, one week before Laura donated her phone to the time capsule, Laura and Greg reconnected and renewed their relationship.
A record of their renewed relationship was saved in the phone messages, and Laura told Trisha that she could see herself marrying Greg.
Program Laura Alpha[]
In 2421, archaeologists in New York recovered the time capsule and the engineers of the USS Orville managed to restore Laura's phone. Gordon Malloy took a keen interest in Laura's historical life and reconstructed her and her friends in the Environmental Simulator. They met at a party in Laura's house and quickly hit it off. Laura invited Gordon to hear her sing at a bar.
After a stirring concert, Laura invited Gordon back to her place for a round of Pictionary between his friends and her own. After a fun game night, she and Gordon drank wine, talked, kissed, and had sex. Over the next few days, Gordon became Laura's romantic interest. Gordon established an ongoing computer link with a synthesized phone so the simulation of Laura could text and call him.
Gradually, however, Laura desired the companionship of Greg. They talked and re-kindled their relationship, much to Gordon's dismay.
Gordon re-programmed Laura Alpha to erase Greg from her past, but Laura was markedly different. She no longer performed music because she had gained the courage through Greg's encouragement. Gordon accepted that what made Laura special also made her unattainable and told her he must leave. The two took a picture together as Laura expected to donate to the time capsule the following week.
New Horizons[]
When Malloy was ordered to the destroy the temporal displacer, he was thrown 400 years into the past from the energy of the drive. In 2018, Malloy (after three years of hiding) attempted to pursue Huggins. He succeeded, and according to the biodata pulled up by the Orville crew, they married in 2019. Not much else is known about their relationship. He has had two children with Laura. One of them was preteen, and likely born in 2018 or early 2019, making him about seven years old. The other was yet to be born in 2025, and was likely born in 2026.
Trivia[]
- Laura's phone number was (838) 555-0146.
- She wanted to visit Maui, Hawaii. It is unknown if she ever did in her lifetime.
- According to Doctor Sherman, at one point, her phone was broken.
- Laura's phone was stored at the Delta Pavonis Museum on a planet orbiting the star Delta Pavonis.
- The contacts in Laura's phone are: Luke, Bella, Seina, Ron, Brooke, Julia, JC, Logan, Jacob, Olivia, Mia, Josh, Emily, Sabina, Zach, Genine, Alyssa, Malorie, Ben, Javier, Delane, Sophia, Rob, Ian, Madison, Ethan, Logan, Jacob, Brandon, Grayson, Caitlyn, Miya, Chris, Dylan, Jorge, Adam, Natalie and Charlotte.
- There are two Jacobs and two Logans in her contact list.