Max was sent on the discipline mission that stranded the three HYPERNAUTS for making unauthorized calls to her sister. With her parents not speaking to her, Max's sister was the only contact she had with her family.

Legally separated from her family to join the Academy, Max went against the beliefs of her people, the Caduceus Enclave, to be a HYPERNAUT. The Enclave believe in remaining isolated and refuse to have anything to do with alien contact. Even Max's calls to her sister were a violation of their Laws.