I came up with an elaborate backstory in which the big badguys in the MAX II were from Earth, who had been contacted by aliens from further away who wanted to get rid of the Coalition that the MAX colonists worked for. Some new aliens, some new specialties, and more characterization of the sponsoring aliens from the first game. That latter information did make the game, I believe, because Mike Harris did some killer illoes and they wanted to keep them in.

Hi Tamas,

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The major thing I recall from my backstory on MAX II was that the new alien menace contacted Earth at a bad time. A massive project to turn Jupiter into a second sun (more for reasons of technological hubris than anything else) resulted in its exploding, instead. The side of Earth facing the explosion when the debris wave hit was devastated. That was the Western Hemisphere. We did this partly because the MAX series was so popular in Europe.

The rebuilding survivors were contacted by the aliens and managed to end up blaming the original exiled colonists for the disaster. Things degenerated from there, as Earth-humans became the cannon fodder for the aliens. Or perhaps they were just using the aliens...

I believe the intent had been to have players play either side of the conflict, but I am not sure how much that idea was developed.

And I'm afraid that's it for my memory cells. Blowing up Jupiter was pretty cool, so that stayed.

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Steve Perrin