Priscilla Hutchins

Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins was a pilot and archaeologist who worked as a freelancer for the Academy, and later as an associate of the Prometheus Foundation.

Early Life
Hutch was born to Jason and Teresa Hutchins on February 1st, 2176. Her father worked for SETI at the Drake Center and oversaw the first reception of an extraterrestrial transmission in 2185 when she was nine years old. He later died due to an undiagnosed heart condition, but lived long enough to disagree with his daughter's choice to become a pilot.

The Monument-Makers
In 2197, Hutch was working as a pilot for, and friends with, renowned archaeologist Dr Richard Wald, who took her to see the monument on Iapetus. The two had a strictly professional friendship, and Wald was in the habit of requesting Hutch as his pilot whenever he travelled on Academy ships.

In 2202, Hutch was sent to Quraqua with the NCA Johann Winckelmann to evacuate the remaining scientists in time before the beginning of Kosmik's Project Hope and was accompanied by Wald, who had been alerted by Dr Henry Jacobi about a potentially significant discovery. Dr Wald was killed during the mission while the other members of the team were evacuated in time, along with most of the recovered artifacts.

The following year, Hutch and some of the remaining scientists from Quraqua managed to trace back the origin of the Monument-Makers to the Beta Pacifica system and subsequently travelled there, led by Frank Carson. Although their ship was severely damaged upon exiting hyperspace, they managed to confirm the existence of the Monument-Makers' planet of origin, at the cost of the lives of three crew members, including Hutch's lover at the time, George Hackett.

George Hackett
Hutch met George Hackett in 2202 on Quraqua where she was sent to retrieve the team George was part of. While the two quickly warmed up to each other and flirted with each other, any romance between them was cut short when the death of Richard Wald during the extraction shocked the crew and left them to grieve on the flight back.

In 2203, they reunited during Frank Carson's mission to Beta Pacifica. They became a couple, in secret at first, as to not strain the chemistry between the team members during the mission. After only two intimate encounters in transit, George died on the surface of Beta Pacifica III after falling victim to a carnivorous species of indigenous crabs. His body was never found.