Max Apogee

Max Apogee (left) and Talwyn (right)
Biographical information
Homeworld	Markazia
Residence	Apogee Space Station (formerly)
Family	Talwyn Apogee (daughter)
Physical description
Species	Markazian
Gender	Male

Max Apogee is a historical character mentioned in Tools of Destruction and A Crack in Time. He was a famous explorer in the Polaris Galaxy who was a collector of rare interstellar antiquities, taking a keen interest in lombax technology, particularly the Dimensionator. He was the father of Talwyn Apogee, and owned the Apogee Space Station.

History

Max Apogee was a famous explorer and collector of rare antiquities, the most notable of which being the lombax artifact. Though he claimed once to have found a Zoni temple, people were skeptical as he refused to create a holo-map to it. He at some point became accomplices of Cronk and Zephyr, old warbots who fought for Allied Polaris in the Great War. Apogee was also an old colleague of Artemis Zogg.

He was the proprietor of Apogee Industries, which created the Apogee Industries Communication Pod, and seemingly the Apogee Recycling System used in the Ectoflux armor and Hyperflux armor.

Apogee's continued work searching for the Dimensionator led him to the Surinox Shard, which Zogg later used for the Helios Project. Apogee was eventually successful in finding it, but let it remain hidden.

Max Apogee on Jasindu.

Space pirates raided the Apogee Space Station years prior to Tools of Destruction, taking the lombax artifact, which contained a star map to the Dimensionator. Apogee entrusted Cronk and Zephyr with protecting Talwyn, and went after the pirates, eventually relocating the Dimensionator to Kerchu City, Jasindu, and leaving it in the possession of the oblivious, but fiercely territorial kerchu.

Around a year before Tools of Destruction, Apogee helped Angela Cross escape from Percival Tachyon and his vendetta against the lombaxes. He had later placed his ship on autopilot, while leaving the dimension along with her. During A Crack in Time, authorities obtained this ship, and traced its point of origin to Jasindu.

Characteristics

Apogee was known to have a biting sense of humor, a personality trait inherited by his daughter. He was said to be a markazian who could do anything he set his mind to, and once he set his mind to something, there was no stopping him from striving towards his goal.

While an avid explorer, he was astutely aware of the dire consequences of some of his discoveries should they become known to the wrong people, and took steps to let them remain hidden, notably the locations of the Dimensionator and the Great Clock.

Behind the scenes

An area of Luminopolis named Apogee Square was mentioned in the 2011 E3 demo of All 4 One, but the line was removed in the game's final release. It presumably was named for Max Apogee.