Thirty years ago, in a future not too dissimilar to ours, the world was sowing the seeds of its own destruction. Designed to bolster manufacturing and create worldwide economic equality, the world designed omnic robots which were built by A.I. centres around the world called Omniums. Eventually however the unthinkable happened, the Omniums went rogue and began churning out military robots to destroy humanity. When governments failed to stop the Omniums the UN created an international task force to fight them. Bringing together the best and brightest from around the world this task force named 'Overwatch' would wage an asymmetrical war against the robots. The small 5-Man strike team was made up by German soldier Reinhardt Wilhelm, Swedish engineer Torbjorn Lindhorn, Egyptian sniper ace Anna Amari and two soldiers from the United States' Soldier Enhancement Program: long-time friends Gabriel Reyes and Jack Morrison. Reyes became the team's leader but it was Morrison who became its figurehead, moulding the team into an effective fighting force. They fought the Omnic robots in what would become known as the Omnic Crisis. It lasted for years and years, displacing India’s population, ravaging Australia, devastating Siberia and besieging the Korean Peninsula with a highly adaptable giant sea-robot. But despite the adversity there were triumphs. The Russians defeated and shut down their Omnium and South Korea created mecha suits to fight the sea-robot. The Crisis claimed many lives on both sides but finally the humans, thanks in no small part to Overwatch, prevailed