Maximillian DeSoto

Maximillian DeSoto, often referred to just as Vicar Max is a possible companion for the Stranger. He is a vicar of the Order of Scientific Inquiry assigned to the town of Edgewater.
He is voiced by Dave B. Mitchell
== Background ==
Max was born into a working class family in a town he describes as similar to Edgewater. But he was never content as a laborer. He envied the peace and happiness his parents found in Scientism. Max believed that if he studied Scientism enough, he could be happy like his parents. Because of this he left home against his parents' wishes to join the Order of Scientific Inquiry (OSI) and become a vicar.
Max had trouble fully accepting the answers Scientism provided to explain the universe and mankind's role within it. Max believed the OSI was missing key insight from books on philosophy that they had decided to ban rather than study. Unknown to him at the time the OSI only banned these books because they could contradict the teachings of Scientism. Max was later sentenced to a prison on Tartarus for expressing his interest in studying the banned literature with his superiors.
During his time in prison, Max acted as the prison's vicar and joined one of the prison's tossball teams where he played as his team's Fifth-Back. Prison allowed him to give into his rage and frustration. Sometime during his stay he savagely beat a fellow inmate named Lem who he would later refer to as a degenerate. Lem's injuries were so severe that Reginald revealed "He's still eating through a tube, last I heard". He also met another inmate, Reginald Chaney. Chaney shared information with him on the whereabouts of one of the philosophical texts the OSI had banned, the journal of M. Bakonu. Sometime after getting out of prison, Max intentionally got himself stationed near where Reginald said the book would be, the town of Edgewater. He hoped the book could give him the knowledge he lacked to fully understand the universe and the "Plan".
== Events of Outer worlds ==
If you accept Parvati as a companion, she will ask to speak to you once you have left Reed Tobson's office. She suggests going to the town's vicar for moral guidance on whether it is more ethical to shut off Edgewater's power or the power to the Botanical labs. Vicar Max will suggest bringing the deserters back to Edgewater, than shutting the power off for the Botanical labs. That way, as few people as possible are negatively affected.When the captain meets max he will ask for there him in retrieving a book.Upon your return, Max will be furious about the book being in French, as it shows that he had hoped it to be able to help him solve "the Plan". The book was the only reason why he got himself assigned to Emerald Vale, where he feels nothing but utter contempt for the locals. Max will ask to join the Stranger's crew in order to get off the planet. If the Stranger agrees, Max will board the Unreliable and become available as a companion after one has fixed the ship's power regulator.Max will later With the help of the Captain in tracking down the scholar who told him about the banned Journal of M. Bakonu in order to translate its writing. When find the scholar he turned out to be someone else entirely - an ex-con Max met in prison. But through Reginald, you were able to learn that the journal was originally the property of a Philosophist who rusticates in a life of hermitage on Scylla. Max will then want to meet the hermit.Once at the hermits She tells them Although she is willing to translate the book for Max, she claims it will do him no good. She proposes a way of speeding up the process which involves drugs.When the two Enter the hermit's meditation chamber and partake in the meditative aid the hermit has provided in order to experience a vision quest with Vicar Max.Max will then encounter hallucinations of people from his past,With the help of the Captain he over comes them and completes his vision quest.Afterwards Max can be talked to about if he finds his answers but whatever the outcome he remains a companion to the Captain.
== Personality ==
Vicar Max tries to maintain the civility and piety associated with being a vicar, but frequently lets his true emotions show. When angered, he can reveal the disdain he has for the places and people in his life. Often he can be arrogant and self-centered. He believes that he is capable of deciphering the "Plan", what Scientism claims to be the meaning of the universe. He looks down upon those he deems immoral or lesser than him. Despite this he is willing to lie and break the law to get what he wants.
Looking past his flaws, he is intelligent and does what he believes to be right. While he can seem unsympathetic at times, he frequently tries to help people by giving advice and moral guidance.
After the completion of The Empty Man, Vicar Max's personality will shift. He is considerably less angry and will lash out less. His faith in Scientism starts to wane as he begins to understand that Scientism was only created to control the population of Halcyon.
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