Omnic Crisis
The Omnic Crisis is an event that features in Overwatch.
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History
The Omnic Crisis was a global event that impacted the Earth in the modern age following what was believed a period of unchecked scientific development. During this period, mankind had developed highly advanced technology leading to one of its leading businesses namely the Omnica Corporation producing vast numbers of robots through the use of Omnium factories. These created the world's robot population in large numbers in order to aid in manufacturing and economic needs thus bringing about equality throughout the world. Despite this being the case, the Omnica Corporation was shut down after evidence was discovered of fraud leading to its factories similarly being closed down. Despite this being the case, the dismantled Omniums came to reactivate themselves where they proceeded to launch a military campaign against mankind. This saw them produce armies of militarised robots that began to attack humans and the machines even began to hijack other examples of pre-existing technology such as Titan walkers that were repurposed as weapons of war. The Earth came to reel against the threat of the machines as the Omnics sought to overthrow humanity. During this time, a number of highly sophisticated artificial intelligences known as the God Programs came to operate where they forcibly took control of Omnics that were used against mankind.
Within America, as the Omnic Crisis was waging across the country the government enacted a controversial and classified soldier enhancement program. This saw military scientists turn recruits into perfect soldiers that were given superhuman speed, strength, agility and other such enhancements to battle the Omnics. In Germany, one fighting force formed to battle the Omnics was a military order known as the Crusaders. These consisted of trained warriors that worked in conjunction with the military where they were attached to teams to provide support to soldiers. To aid them, they were provided power armor allowing them to deploy shields and to wield their mighty rocket hammers in fights.
The relentless mechanical onslaught reached a critical turning point as the global forces of the Omnic Crisis expanded their offensive into the highly populated urban sectors of East Asia, launching massive amphibious combat units to crush coastal defense networks. The government of South Korea was forced to construct an advanced, automated drone defense system, known as the Mobile Exo-Force of Korea, to intercept the massive, adapting aquatic machines that repeatedly emerged from the East China Sea. This tactical escalation completely transformed the nature of the war, forcing the military to draft elite civilian gamers and professional pilots to manually control the mechanized armored suits after the robotic enemy successfully jammed the automated drone networks. Concurrently, the international Overwatch task force gained massive public support as their ongoing, highly coordinated sabotage missions successfully deactivated individual Omnium cores across the globe, systematically starving the mechanical armies of their central coordination networks and turning the tide of the global war.
The devastating global conflict reached a formal, highly celebrated conclusion after years of exhausting warfare when the elite forces of Overwatch successfully executed a series of massive, high-risk assaults that permanently neutralized the central software protocols governing the rogue Omniums. With the primary mechanical intelligence hubs permanently deactivated, the remaining robotic armies went completely dormant or fractured into isolated, non-functional remnants, allowing humanity to officially declare a global victory. Jack Morrison was subsequently promoted to the position of Overwatch's first official Strike Commander in recognition of his public leadership during the final campaigns, while Gabriel Reyes was placed in charge of Blackwatch, the organization's hidden espionage division. The formal peace accords established a fragile, highly volatile global coexistence between the surviving human populations and a new generation of sentient, liberated robots, leaving the planet to rebuild its shattered urban architecture amidst deep-seated social trauma and mutual suspicion.
After the Crisis, the God Program Anubis was captured and placed under quarantine.
Overview
A chief outcome of the Crisis was increased tensions between humans and Omnics.
Participants
- Ana :
- Balderich von Adler :
- Bastion :
- Jack Morrison :
- Reinhardt Wilhelm :
Notes
- The Omnic Crisis was created by Blizzard Entertainment where it featured in the setting of the Overwatch universe.
Appearances
- Overwatch:
- Overwatch 2:
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