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Jeff Conniker: "We gotta talk about this family."
Carly Shannon: "We're not a family."
Jeff Conniker: "Mother, father, and son."
Carly Shannon: "Mother, son, abusive biological father."
— Jeff Conniker attempts to make up with Carly[src]

Carly Shannon (Traveler 3465) is the Tactician of the Core Traveler Team. The host body is a stay at home mother in an abusive relationship with the father of her baby, Police Officer Jeff Conniker. The Traveler consciousness, Traveler 3465, was formerly in a relationship with Traveler 3468, currently inhabiting the body of Grant MacLaren.

Averted Death[]

Carly was to have been beaten to death by Jeff Conniker, the abusive father of her baby when he came to visit after drinking. The consciousness transfer occurred as she was being beaten and she was able to fend off the attack simply by being stern with him.

Biography[]

3465 Future History[]

Traveler 3465's original body as seen in Traveler 3468's near-death hallucination

Traveler 3465 has short blonde hair that is slicked back, green eyes, the number 3465 tattooed on the back of her neck, and is slightly shorter than Grant MacLaren. (S1E07: Protocol 5)

She was in a relationship with Traveler 3468 before they came to the 21st and they decided to leave their relationship there, as set out in Protocol 2. Presumably, she didn't have any children as shortly after transfering to the 21st she used the internet to search 'how to look after an infant child'. (S1E01: Travelers)

Known members of 3465's family included her mother and sisters, who still found ways to make life bearable and have families of their own amidst the bleakness of the future. (S3E10: Protocol Omega)

Carly Shannon[]

Carly had been in a relationship with Jeff Conniker for an unknown amount of time, though they had a child together who's just over a year old. She was abused by her alcoholic boyfriend and was destined to die at his hands after letting Jeff into her house after a night of heavy drinking, despite constant warnings that she wouldn't.

Traveler 3465[]

After transferring consciousness, Carly tells Jeff that he needs to leave and so he does without hesitation. However, he returns the following morning with the intention of making up with Carly, though she refuses as she knows that Jeff would've beaten her to death. She then tells him that he can only see Jeffrey for an arranged hour per day and that he needs to start providing financial support for her and their child.

Grant, the host, comes to visit her about her posts on the dark web. He questions her a little, but backs off a bit. While out, Jeff approaches her about Grant knocking at her door. He tries to beat her, but she's trained in hand-to-hand combat and so defends herself easily and then steals his car.

She later goes and meets the rest of the team for the first time in the 21st century and explains what they are to Grant in the moments before his death. She also killed Jonas Walker, with the rest of the team, to prevent his shooting rampage. (S1E01: Travelers)

While returning the antimatter, Carly wanted to take Officer Gleason out, fearing that him continuing to talk would threaten their lives as well as the lives of thousands in the surrounding areas, but she was denied by Grant since Protocol 3 had not been waived. (S1E02: Protocol 6)

3465 in her original form and 3468 in Grant MacLaren's form

Despite the strictures of Protocol 2 3465 and 3468 attempted to continue their relationship in secret. Following MacLaren's near-death experience guarding Congressman Ted Bishop, the pair mutually agreed to break it off for good. (S1E09: Bishop)

Because of her double life and odious domestic situation Carly was constantly on the brink of losing custody of her son Jeffrey Jr, either to Jeff or to Child Services. Carly frequently consults with social worker Jacqueline in an effort to prevent these scenarios. Carly and Jeff tried to work out their issues for the sake of the child, even headed for reconciliation for a short time, but following Vincent Ingram's kidnapping of the core team's loved ones Jeffrey Jr. eventually ended up in a foster home.

Jeff's behavior relapsed and worsened until Carly was forced to shoot him. As she and Jeff would have mutually killed each other, the Director overwrote Jeff's consciousness with Traveler 5416. (S3E04: Perrow)

During the Faction's successful orchestration of a worldwide nuclear strike, Carly decides that she would rather be with her son than do any further Traveler tasks, as the Director has already declared Protocol Omega on the timeline and abandoned them. Driving a car with Trevor, she leaves him "not too far" from Filmore. This is the last time she's seen. (S3E10: Protocol Omega)

Trivia[]

  • Carly is one of only two Traveler characters whose future face has been shown onscreen, the other being Trevor Holden - or at least one of his bodies.
  • Traveler 3465 is one of two known bodies shown during the opening credits of the show, the other one being Traveler 3826.
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