- "We all need to recharge after today...Especially you...You're just a kid."
- ―Sinta to Maxon (from Aliens: Dust to Dust)
Maxon Cregar was a twelve-year old colonist living at the colony of Trono on LV-871 with his mother Anne Cregar.
A Xenomorph outbreak within Trono forced Maxon on a venture for survival alongside a group of survivors, all the while being hunted by the Xenomorph birthed from his mother.
Biography[]
Early life[]
Maxon was born to parents Anne and Lucas Cregar. At some point, Maxon's father had died, leaving Anne to care for Maxon alone. Eventually, Anne and Maxon had resided themselves in the colony of Trono.
Outbreak in Trono[]
- "I don't want to go! I don't want to leave. This is our house!
We're not safe here. That thing got inside. What if more do? Maxon. We don't have a choice." - ―Maxon and Anne Cregar (from Aliens: Dust to Dust)
Max witnesses his mother giving birth to a Chestburster.
During one night, Cregar was woken up by the sound of gunfire. Max sought for his mother, Anne, only to notice to his horror that a Facehugger had attached itself to his mother's face. He was suddenly startled when the alien removed itself from his mother's face and curled up dead by the base of the bed. Anne soon regained consciousness and, after seeing the chaos in the streets, told him to pack his belongings and to get ready to make for an evac shuttle. Maxon was reluctant to leave the apartment though his mother reminds him of the facehugger that had previously gotten in.[2]
The two left their apartment to find a corpse in front of them. Anne reached for the rifle from the body, but suddenly comes face to face with a hulking Xenomorph that emerged from the darkness. Both stand perfectly still as the creature closely inspected the mother, before turning its back on them and taking leave. The two emerged outside of their apartment into the ravaged streets of Trono and get into their car. After running over a dead facehugger, the acid corroded the tires, causing the vehicle to eventually crash. Max and his mother were subsequently rescued by the Assistant Administrator Waugh, who escorted them to an escape shuttle. After narrowly escaping with their lives, Maxon witnessed his mother beginning to convulse. As he worryingly asked if she was okay, Anne suddenly births a Chestburster that subsequently scurried into the ship interior.
Max brandishing a handgun.
Max was left in shock and tears due to his mother's death. The captain arrived and told everyone to remain seated and informed them that because the Xenomorph killed at the port resulted in acid eating through the hull of the shuttle, they are unable to break orbit. The captain tried to reassure everyone that the U.S.S Carver, a ship that was in orbit, would send another shuttle to rescue them, but Waugh disagrees, citing possible contamination of the Carver.
During their argument, Maxon reached for a pistol and attempted to shoot the creature, but is stopped by another passenger, only for the passenger to be killed by the slightly matured chestburster after it bites his throat open.
Venturing across LV-871[]
Maxon encounters his mother's Xenomorph.
The chaos caused the shuttle to crash, albeit no one was killed. Maxon was met by fellow civilian Sinta, who asked him his name before both are pulled out by Waugh. After everyone was out, the shuttle was destroyed by co-pilot De Vore, in order to ensure the chestburster's death. After assuming the alien is dead, the crew and passengers tried to contact the U.S.S Carver. The group gets a garbled message from the carver before seeing the ship itself crashing back down to the planet. Realizing what had happened, the group tried to formulate a plan, with Waugh suggesting they make for Terraforming plant 3, due to its provisions and a nearby shuttle. During this, Maxon deviated from the group, but De Vore managed to retrieve and calm him. He subsequently went to grab an antenna requested by De Vore, only to notice that the Xenomorph birthed from his mother was still alive, albeit with its right arm severed off. As the two catch up with the group, he is asked what was wrong by De Vore, only for Max to hesitate.
Amidst a large sandstorm, De Vore asked Maxon the whereabouts of the elderly couple and the engineer that was nearby. After Maxon is unable to reply, De Vore entered the sandstorm to look for the stragglers as the captain radios in, announcing that they have found shelter in the form of a facility. As time goes by, Maxon waited for De Vore's return. He pulled out his mother's id card and tearfully lamented the death of his beloved mother, before suddenly encountering the hysterical and bloodied engineer who yelled at him to leave. The armless Xenomorph subsequently emerged from the sandstorm and killed the engineer, and then turned its attention to Maxon. As Maxon called for his mother, he was suddenly grabbed by De Vore and told to run. The two eventually reached the station and reunited with the rest of the group.
After the captain proposed journeying to a nearby escape shuttle still intact near a tower, Sinta took Maxon, still suffering from the after-effects of an adrenaline rush, to a bunker for him to sleep[3]. Maxon later overheard De Vore talking to the rest of the group about how the Xenomorph may be protecting Maxon due to its DNA reflex coming from his mother, and subsequently suggested that perhaps the group was better off pushing forward without Maxon. Upon hearing this, Maxon walked away, packed a bag and took the ladder from the facility and onto the planet surface, intending to abandon the survivors. However, he was grabbed and scolded by Waugh. As Waugh proceeded to return to the facility, with the protesting Maxon in hand, he looks up and witnessed a plethora of Xenomorphs on the ceiling.
Maxon falls into the river.
The survivors fled from the ambushing aliens, with De Vore and the captain being killed in the attack. Max, Sinta and Waugh reached the outside of the facility and are forced to climb the cable of the destroyed bridge to get across for any chance of survival[4]. The captain was forced to give up her handgun to Waugh, and was subsequently killed by the horde before she manages to get on the cable. Waugh hands to gun to Sinta as the three remaining survivors climbed across the cable, the Xenos in hot pursuit. Before a Xenomorph managed to strike Waugh with its tail, Sinta fired several shots at the aliens, their acid blood dripping onto the cable, causing the cable to break with everyone falling into the river below[4].
Maxon and Waugh.
Before almost drowning, Maxon was saved by Waugh, who brought him to land and revealed himself to be a Synthetic, his torso severed. Waugh requested for Maxon to decapitate him to make mobility more convenient. Maxon complied and eventually reunited with Sinta, Waugh's severed head in his arms. The group entered the terraforming plant through a retinal scan from Waugh and explored the interior.
Escaping the moon[]
Max recognized a group of deceased Facehuggers and questioned Waugh if he ever knew about this. Sinta accused Waugh and his superiors of transforming the plants into incubators. Waugh revealed that the government of Trono had signed an agreement with the Weyland-Yutani Corporation that, in exchange for a lifetime of funding, Trono would comply with "bio-storage" activities that ultimately culminated in "unintended consequences".
Maxon is attacked by his mother's Xenomorph.
Suddenly, the armless Xenomorph emerged, with Maxon prompting the others to flee, himself believing that the creature would not hurt him. This is proven to be a mistake, however, as the Alien pounced on Maxon and barely missed with a Headbite. Maxon is only saved from death by Sinta, who threw a large mechanical arm at the creature, causing it to topple. The group fled, running up a large flight of stairs in hopes of reaching the escape shuttle. However, they stumbled upon a massive horde and are forced into an elevator. When the elevator is revealed not to function, they take the escape hatch and eventually reached the top of the plant. The group soon realize that they are on the wrong tower, and must make a jump to the next tower to reach the shuttle. Maxon went first and Sinta tossed the head of Waugh to him, later revealing that she wont make it due to the condition of her leg.
Maxon encounters a Queen.
Maxon ventured on into the facility and discovered a Xenomorph hive, the cocooned Captain and a Queen that blocked his path to the escape shuttle. However, the armless Xenomorph emerges and attacked the Queen, granting Maxon enough time to board the shuttle, ignite the engines and take off, burning the hive and all of its inhabitants in its wake. To Waugh's protest, Maxon strayed from the required trajectory in order to save Sinta and picked her up just before the Xenomorphs reached her, the three together finally escaping the nightmare. Maxon, Sinta and Waugh are soon rescued, with Maxon and Sinta being reinstated at a space station.
After the infestation[]
Maxon staring out into space.
Maxon was given temporary refuge with an elderly couple, Mr and Mrs Tessera, who comforted him. During his first night, Maxon was tucked into his bed by the Tesseras and told that if there is anything he needed "just say so anytime". However, a nightmare forced Maxon to wake up in a fright and caused him to stare out into the empty abyss of space.
Personality and Traits[]
Maxon being only twelve-years old, was subject to horrors a child like him should never bare witness, and his life was suddenly turned into a delirious bid to survive the sudden Xenomorph outbreak on Trono. Over the course of the events on LV-871, Maxon appeared to be a cautious and quiet child who did not talk much. However, as his plight for survival progressed, Maxon displayed bravery and courage far beyond what is expected from his age group.
Trivia[]
- Maxon shares several similarities to the character of Rebecca "Newt" Jorden, both being children who survived a Xenomorph outbreak within their respective colonies, following the death of their parents (though Newt died following these events).
Appearances[]
References[]
- ↑ Aliens: Dust to Dust #3
- ↑ Gabriel Hardman, Aliens: Dust to Dust Issue #1.
- ↑ Gabriel Hardman, Aliens: Dust to Dust Issue #3. Page 11.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Gabriel Hardman, Aliens: Dust to Dust Issue #3, page 18.