When one of N-Tek's Hellicarriers gets infected with a virus and starts plummeting to the ground, it's up to Max to try and get the deactivation code from an old enemy - Toxzon. However since the loss of Fishy, Toxzon is now comatose and his own bodies toxins are destroying him. It's now up to Max to detoxify Toxzon and retrieve the code before the carrier crashes.
16 year old Maxwell "Max" McGrath is thrown into a new life after moving with his mother to the small city of Copper Canyon. There he meets new friends, bullies, and super-villains hunting him for his TURBO energy.
Max must now join N-TECH, a secret organization his late father Jim McGrath started, to defeat Trans-Human Industries from taking over the galaxy with their sinister leader Miles Dredd. Max's powers are hidden and regulated with the aid of his Ultra-Link friend Steel, who is a project of his father, to prevent Max from going critical and Steel transforms into Max's multiple armors for whatever terrain battle is present.
Along the way, with the aid of N-TEK led by Max's uncle Ferrus, both will uncover the mystery behind many of Steel's lost memories and what really happened to Max's dad.