With a whole day spent relaxing and playing video games, Max was able to call this a proper birthday for once. There was no work, no insane mother throwing Princess-themed parties for him, and nothing to distract from his day off.
They did run into a number of the Alliance dignitaries at the Arcade though. The games were becoming increasingly popular all through the Alliance, and they wanted to check them out from the source instead of relying on others to bring the games to them.
Many VR headsets had made their way through the Alliance, but they usually only had one or two game options, instead of the hundreds which were available here, and the full immersion pods were still incredibly rare outside of the Reavers' ships.