Max

Max
"Imposing your will... is a matter of strength."
Name	Maximillian Caxton
Type	Cyborg/Lightning Element
Age	45
Height	2.70m/8'9"
Weight	620kg/1367lbs
Killer Weapon	Positron Blades & Tesla Blitz

"Two times the weapons, two times the pain..." - Tagline

Max is a cyborg and an antagonist in Anarchy Reigns.

Role in the Story

Maximillian Caxton, usually known as Max, is the ex-leader of Strike One of the BPS, back in service he was one of BPS' most successful and dangerous operatives, showing skills with weaponry, leadership and in general awareness. He was the mentor to Leo, Sasha and Nikolai, responsible for showing them the ropes and to help them become effective operatives themselves. He lived happily with a wife and daughter.

Through unknown circumstances though later in the black side Max admits to murdering his wife, Max's wife died, it was believed she was murdered however there was no true evidence of this being the case. Max went into depression, being unable to control his emotions and struggling to look after his daughter Jeannie due to his work in BPS. This caused him to take a mass amount of drugs which effected his mind and even his cyborg coding vortex, making him develop a intense multiple personality disorder, his alter ego, simply being his anger and stress taking over his body wanting to release himself of these feelings, through severe violence.

This caused him to abandon his duties to BPS and go around in rages, eventually, his mind snapped so far he began murdering innocent people without even realizing it until it was too late, the few times he had control over himself, he fled from the BPS, his daughter and his latest actions. Almost as if in response, BPS assigned his former trainees to catch him since they were the only ones who knew his methods.

Left with nothing but his cyborg enhancements from the BPS, painful memories and a lot of drug influence, Max almost fully allows his alter ego fury to take over, which had now gotten so strong in his system caused his cyborg parts to become corroded and surprisingly stronger than what BPS originally provided him with. He lived a life running from everything while killing everyone whom his alter ego thought should die.

Meanwhile, His daughter, hires Jack Cayman to find Max before BPS does, as so she can try and look after him and bring his senses back, while worried about hiring the man who her father killed the daughter of, she believes Jack is the only one who could catch Max.

Personality and Background

"Maximillian Caxton is a wanted man. In a former life, he led Nikolai, Leo and Sasha as the commanding officer of the Bureau of Public Safety High Crimes Division's elite Strike One detachment.

As the ultimate master of the Cybrid Arts, Max taught the Strike One agents everything they know, as his ability is such that a simultaneous three-way attack by his former students would present little threat.

Max carved the eight jagged scars running down the sides of his face with his own hands and in a mere handful of years has aged to the verge of unrecognizable." - In game profile.

Attributes and Skills

Max's fighting methods is his own created style that has been termed by BPS as "Cybrid Arts" which was shown to be so effective, BPS has made it standard training for gifted and higher ranked operatives. while anyone could learn Cybrid Arts should they have the equipment and proper training, most have gone into using either just Positron Blades or Tesla Blitz's.

Max on the other hand takes full benefits of both, utilizing the best possible potential should someone learn. This is why he was BPS' most dangerous agent.

Cybrid Arts consists of a combination of speed and power, speed to overwhelm opponents with fast strikes causing minimal damage usually used for capturing targets alive, or with power in precise attacks with either the body shattering bones or the weapons attached to the individual that can usually slice entire things in half, this includes Flesh and Cyborg Materials. With BPS' latest eye technology this allows users to target weak spots in their opponents with ease and exploit them even while moving at very high speeds. Max is no exception to this.

Quotes

• "Pick your moment." - Max's first taunt
• "Strike with impunity." - Max's second taunt
• "Fight with your head or lose it." - Max's third taunt
• "Always confirm the kill." Max's fourth taunt
• "Imposing your will... is a matter of strength" - Max's character select
• "This should prove the power of the Cybrid Arts!" Max's victory chant
• "Show me you have more than that!!" Max's first taunt upon killing an opponent
• "You're weak! WEAK!" Max's second taunt upon killing an opponent
• "Saw that coming AGES ago!!" Max's third taunt upon killing an opponent

Trivia

• It is never explicitly revealed if Max was the one directly responsible for Stella's death, as the story presents two conflicting possibilities. While Amala claims the report states that Max accidentally shot her, Max himself claims that she was shot by someone else due to his negligence. Since neither possibility is explored any further, it is up to the player's interpretation as to which is true.
  • Similarly, there is never any explicit proof confirming that Max did indeed kill his wife, Ondine. While Max himself seems to believe he did, the story also implies several times that he was framed by another B.P.S. Agent (likely Nikolai). Since the player is never shown the trial exploring Ondine's murder, either one is a valid possibility.
• Max's overall desire for how he wants to conclude things seems inconsistent between The Black Side and White Side of Campaign Mode given the in-fight dialogue. When fighting Jack, he remarks that he still hopes to survive and return to Jeannie. However, when fighting Leo, he seems to portray a more nihilistic outlook, feeling he is beyond redemption and needs to killed.
• Max appears to be a father figure towards Leo and Sasha, even teaching Leo his own style, which Leo learned to use very well. However, Nikolai seemed to be jealous of Max, seeming to display an intense resentment or even hatred of him (this seems to support the theory that Nikolai framed Max for Ondine's murder, leading to him usurp Max's position in The Bureau).
• Max's Killer Weapons are reminiscent of the other members of the Strike One Force: Positron Blades like Leo and Tesla Blitz like Nikolai, but Max's Tesla Blitz is different in that they detach from his back and operate remotely like Sasha's Snow Spikes.
• Max can be unlocked as a playable character by completing one either side of the campaign on your first playthrough (Either The White Side or Black Side).
• When Leo asks Max what he's doing in Hong Long, Max replies he's on a case tracking down a serial killer "ripping cybernetic nerve-bundles out of people." This may in fact be a nod to Raiden in Metal Gear Rising: Revengance (another game made by Platinum Games which was in development at the time) due to how a gameplay mechanic involves cutting open enemy cyborgs and "ripping" out their cybernetic organs.
• Max's height and weight are both unknown and can only be seen from his Cage Match and Duel to the Death stats screen. As such, they are both approximations in terms of conversions.
• Max's former appearance as a B.P.S. Agent (prior to his facial reconstruction surgery) is only included in actual gameplay once: during the second Free Mission ("A Valuable Lesson") in Bari Shur in the White Side of Campaign Mode.
• Max is one of the few bosses not to be given a unique fight theme (as the background music changes depending on which side of the Campaign he is fought in: "Sound the Alarm" during Black Side, and "Testin' Me" during White Side), the other three being Sasha during Black Side and Durga & Garuda (as a Tag Team) and Nikolai during White Side.
• Max was voiced by Robert Pine in the English version and Shinji Ogawa in the Japanese version

Gallery

Berserk Mode

Max's Killer Weapons- Positron Blade and Tesla Blitz

Initial Concept Design

Pre-Berserk Design

Various Outfit Designs

Final Design