Resistance (V) - The Maxwells

The Maxwells

Kathleen Maxwell was a botanist and wife of Robert, mother of Robin, Polly and Katie and employer of Sancho Gomez, who she treated as a friend because of their similar backgrounds in yard work. When the Visitors arrived on Earth, she and her family remained unconcerned about their growing control of everyday life, but when a sudden rush of ostracization against scientists endangered her family, Kathleen and the rest of her family went underground and were given sanctuary by Abraham Bernstein, though they were forced to flee again before a Visitor raiding team attacked their hiding place. Desperate for a way to escape the Visitor security zone, she was able to convince Sancho to help her family escape the blockades, though this inevitably led to his capture. The whole family then joined the Resistance, and while Robert and Robin lived in the newly established complex inside Los Angeles, Kathleen remained with Polly and Katie in the Resistance mountain camp. When the Visitors attacked the camp, she was wounded by shuttle fire and died in Robert's arms.

Robert Maxwell was an anthropologist and husband to Kathleen, father of Robin, Polly and Katie and grandfather to Elizabeth. During the First Invasion, Robert and his family were forced to go underground and Robert sent his family to a Resistance camp in the mountains. He became an active part of Julie Parrish's Resistance cell, but lost his wife when the camp was exposed and attacked. He helped convince the Bernsteins to hide additional families hiding from Visitor prosecution. Robert comforted Robin when Elizabeth was taken by Father Andrew Doyle for her own protection and vouched for the use of the Red Dust toxin to poison the Earth against Visitor habitation.

One year after Liberation Day, Robert, Robin and Elizabeth are living in a ranch in the mountains (Robert had Polly and Katie put into the Bernsteins care shortly after the war ended) but are forced to leave during the Second Invasion as the Visitors are aware of their location. All three join the reformed Resistance and Robert was part of the attack squad to capture to Mothership commandeered by Resistance which was being guarded by Nathan Bates's soldiers. Robert was shot and fatally wounded during the fight and chose to stay behind and pilot the Mothership into the orbiting Triax Particle Cannon on a suicide run. Robert died when the two craft collided, but his actions saved Los Angeles and countless millions of lives from destruction.

Elizabeth "Starchild" Maxwell is the Half-Human/Half-Visitor hybrid daughter of Visitor Brian and Robin Maxwell and grandchild of Robert and Kathleen Maxwell and niece of Katie and Polly. She is the only known successful offspring between the two species and is a product of one of Diana's experiments into crossbreeding. When she was born, it was discovered she had a younger twin reptilian brother; who died from exposure to an infection (which was the basis for the Red Dust). Elizabeth however thrived and began aging at a rapid rate to the point she was an 8-year-old mere hours after birth. When Elizabeth's father, Brian, was killed by her mother, Robin, Father Andrew Doyle grew afraid for her safety and took her to the Visitors for her own protection. Diana realised the importance of the child and kept her close by. She was brought back to her family following the Red Dust poisoning the Earth against Visitor habitation, and demonstrated her latent superhuman powers, such as disabling the self-destruct device intended to destroy the Earth.

One year after Liberation Day, Elizabeth is seen living with her mother and grandfather at their mountain ranch. The world media is centred around learning about her and are curious of her involvement in saving the Earth and keep trying to talk to her, but Elizabeth uses her new telekinetic abilities to keep them away. She then goes through another metamorphosis, turning her into a full-grown woman of 18 within a matter of hours. She, Julie and Robert escape the returning Visitors back to Los Angeles and join the Resistance. Elizabeth finds it difficult to get used to her new status and physical condition, but with the aid of her friends, she gets used to it and becomes an ever-helpful member of the Resistance and uses her expanding powers to help their fight against the Visitors. She also develops a strong romantic relationship with Kyle Bates.

In the (unaired) series finale, Elizabeth is revealed to be destined to find an artifact on Earth called the "Anyx", which is the source of all great power and once belonged to the Visitor's gods who hid it away on Earth in the face of someone on their world taking control of it and destroying them. Elizabeth is meant to find it and use it to rule the people of the Earth and eventually conquer the Visitors. Elizabeth steals an artifact called the "Syllabus" which is a scroll that leads to the Anyx's location from the Leader and escapes with the Resistance back to Earth. She and the Resistance are currently hunting for the artifact amidst the destruction the Visitors have wrought in the time of peace, which they took advantage of to crush the majority of the Resistance.

Elizabeth's powers include eidetic memory, enhanced hearing, genetic memory, healing, levitation, precognition, remote viewing, technopathy, telekinesis, telepathy, voice duplication. But when she finds the Anyx, her powers will become larger and more varied to the point she will dominate both races. Elizabeth is also immune to the Red Dust despite her Visitor genes. As a result, the Visitors (primarily Diana) make repeated attempts to capture her as her DNA may hold the key to develop a permanent cure or anti-toxin to the Red Dust and allow the Visitors to conquer the remaining protected areas of the world. Elizabeth's DNA can also be used to create a new version of the Red Dust that is harmless to life on Earth. In "V The Final Battle," she tries to make peace with Diana, and Diana said "It's not in our destiny." Elizabeth said peace again in Visitor language, but Diana yelled "No!"

Katie Maxwell is the 3-year-old child of Robert and Kathleen and youngest sister to Robin and Katie and auntie to Elizabeth. Being so young and helpless, she generally never knew what was going on and needed constant care by older members of her family. During the First Invasion, her family was steadily discredited against and was forced to flee persecution, and Katie and her family were given sanctuary by Abraham Bernstein, but were forced to flee again before a Visitor raiding team found them. Katie and the family then joined the Resistance and she, her mother and older sister took residence at the L.A. Cell's mountain camp, but fled again after the Visitors attacked it and her mother was killed. Katie then lived with the other children in the Resistance base for the remainder of the war. Robert, not being able to care for 3 children and 1 grandchild after the war's end, convinced Katie to go with Polly into the Bernstein's care, where they remain to this day.

Polly Maxwell is the 12-year-old child of Robert and Kathleen, younger sister to Robin, older sister to Katie and auntie to Elizabeth. Unlike most of her family, Polly was more willing to defend what she believed in and is more open to confrontations. When the First Invasion began and their family being steadily discredited against, Polly was bullied and attacked regularly at school, leading her to adopt a cold attitude towards the Visitors for causing it. When her family was forced to flee, Polly and her family were given sanctuary by Abraham Bernstein, but were forced to flee again before a Visitor raiding team found them. Polly and the family then joined the Resistance and she, her mother and younger sister took residence at the L.A. Cell's mountain camp, but fled again after the Visitors attacked it and her mother was killed. Polly then lived with the other children in the Resistance base for the remainder of the war. Robert, not being able to care for 3 children and 1 grandchild after the war's end, convinced Polly to go with Katie into the Bernstein's care, where they remain to this day.

Robin Maxwell is the 17-year-old daughter of Robert and Kathleen and older sister to Polly and Katie and mother of Elizabeth. She was an impulsive teenager who frequently made dangerously foolish decisions. When her old boyfriend, Daniel Bernstein, reports her family to the Visitors when she rejects him, Robin and her family join the Resistance. Robin, wanting to explore, goes outside the base and is quickly captured by Visitor soldiers and taken to the Visitor Mothership above Los Angeles. It is here she is made love to by Brian and left pregnant with his babies. Robin is rescued, along with Sancho Gomez, by Mike Donovan and returned to her family. Attempts to have the child aborted fail, and Robin gives birth to twins, one boy and one girl. The largely Visitor boy dies of an infection while the largely Human girl; now named Elizabeth, survives. It is revealed that the combination of Human and Visitor DNA caused the spontaneous development of an organism toxic to Visitor physiology. This organism is later refined into the "Red Dust". When Brian is captured to be used in a test of the Red Dust, Robin, who is thirsting for vengeance for using her to create a hybrid baby, uses the Dust on him; killing him nearly instantly. Robin then begins to have feelings for her child after Father Andrew Doyle takes Elizabeth away for her own safety. Robin and Elizabeth were reunited when the Resistance captures the Los Angeles Mothership and returns the Earth, which is now toxic to Visitor habitation due to the Red Dust.

One year after Liberation Day, Robin is shown to have matured and is more responsible and joins the Resistance during the Second Invasion by the Visitors. Though she sometimes acts childish, especially when she fell in love with Kyle Bates, who did not reciprocate, but instead had feelings for a now grown-up Elizabeth. After a second attempt is made to impregnate her (as her DNA is the only strand on the Earth that can be manipulated to combine with Visitor DNA), she decides to leave for Chicago, where the Visitors cannot survive due to the lingering effects of the Red Dust.