OMNIC
CRISIS
Some believe that the origins of the Omnic Crisis lie in unchecked desire for scientific advancement. The Omnic crisis started with the Omnica Corporation, and the omniums they had created. A omnium was a self replicating, self improving AI making factories. The omniums and their robot populations had been created to bolster manufacturing and create economic equality worldwide. However, when Omnica was shut down after evidence of fraud, the omniums were shut down to. It therefore came as such a surprise when they woke up for unknown reasons. These omniums immediately launched a military campaign against all of humanity, churning out legions of militarized robots. The omnics also hijacked pre-existing technology such as the Titan walker (a giant humanoid machine), and converted it into a weapon of war. The world reeled at the appearance of this new enemy, as the omnics waged a war to overthrow the human race.
The uprisings were on a global scale, as cities all over the world were attacked. Places that suffered the omnic attacked India the United States, Egypt, Germany, Mexico, Australia, and Russia. The conflict also had the effect of sparking social unrest. One of the most feared omnics was the ‘Bastion’ (a walking gatling gun). The nations of the world sent their armed forces against the omnics, and utilized their own technologies to combat the omnics. This was a war many countries thought they were prepared to fight. But no single country, no matter how powerful its military, could permanently shut down a single omnium. The adaptability of robots, once celebrated by humanity, had become a tactical nightmare. Worst of all, there were no demands from the omnics. There was no ideological reason for their aggression. They simply attacked, and no-one could understand why. No country was able to secure its own territory and the omnics were able to take over the world. Russia was an exception in that it was able to defeat the omnics by itself. In Germany; to hold the bastions, they used crusaders, a german force that was stationed in Eichenwald.
But some soldiers and strategists showed remarkable ingenuity in acclimating to this new brand of warfare. The United Nations covertly brought a few of these unique minds together to form a small team, aimed at striking significant blows against omnic strongholds. This team was called Overwatch, this was an international taskforce; that would wage asymmetrical warfare against the omnics. After great sacrifice and heroism in a series of dangerous raids, they destroyed most of the omnius, taking out the force behind the uprising, rendering the omnic armies inert. The Omnic Crisis had come to an end. Humanity struck peace with the surviving omnics, and peace accords were signed. The Bastion combat units that had served the omnics were rounded up and executed.
The conflict had the effect of changing the world landscape, and a financial crisis was experienced in the war's aftermath. But even now, tensions between omnics and humans remain because of the conflict. Australia was one such example, as the country's omnics were given land within the Outback that led to the creation of the Australian Liberation Front, sparking civil unrest that led to the omnium's destruction, and consequently, irradiation of the country's center. While heavily affected by the war, in its aftermath, Russia experienced a period of rapid growth as its mechanized labor industry was revitalized.
In the present day, tensions between humans and omnics have never been higher, particularly after the assassination of the omnic spiritual leader Tekhartha Mondatta. Nowhere are tensions higher than in King's Row (England). Russia is currently in the midst of a second crisis.
Numbani (Africa), however, is an exception to these tensions. Here, humans and omnics live together in peace.
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