I saw a post saying that maybe Maxis went back in time to stop the origina crew from meeting, and I think it`s an interesting idea.
But what if Maxis just went back in time to conquer the earth when they didn`t had enough technology to fight the technology 935 has, like the zombies and the robots!
So why are the original crew together? Because the conditions of their first meeting have changed.
When Maxis went back in time, Dempsey was probably a soldier who was now told to go to Paris to investigate what was going on with the giant robot. Nikolai would be a Russian Soldier living his glory days (before he killed his wifes and degraded his life to a miserable drunk) sent to investigate the giant robot case. Take would be the same, before his obsession with honor made him kill his entire family.
And Richtofen... well he probably was doing something in France. Maybe torturing people like in his biography?
So now the conditions of their first meeting have changed. Before they met because Richtofen was looking for test subjects, but that time line has been errased with Maxis returning in time to change history. Now... now they meet as real allies. Now Richtofen really needs them, because he doesn`t know what is going on as well.
So this might be the beginning of zombies... and the end. Maybe the main characters will stop Maxis and prevent 935 from rising.
What do you think?