Max was the individual sent by Jain Suni to deal with Captain Jack Casden and the crew of the USS Sphinx after they had learned of the covert and extralegal research conducted by Doctor Bendes Kettaract in the Lantaru sector. Suni later reflected that she should have sent "Dickerson" instead, as Dickerson would not have messed things up as Max had. (TOS - S31 novel: Cloak)