  In this note we review the construction of topologically gauged M2 branes
with 6 supersymmetries and discuss some of its properties. This is done using
the 3-algebra formulation thereby covering all possible gauge groups. We will
elaborate upon 1) the fundamental identity and its solutions noting, provided
these gauged theories describe stacks of branes, the case of a single brane, 2)
the chiral point solution to the field equations (occuring even for a single
brane) that breaks the superconformal symmetries down to those of AdS_3 (TMG)
supergravity, 3) physical parameters and how they scale in the compactification
from 11d to 10d and give rise to matter theories in curved space-times, and
finally 4) a more speculative comment on "sequential AdS/CFT". Here we propose
that the superconformal symmetry breaking in topologically gauged theories
leads to the sequence AdS_4/CFT_3 -> AdS_3/CFT_2 and that the higgsing in the
3d boundary theory is related to a change of foliation in the AdS_4 bulk
theory.
