User:Fuzzlepuzzle/Timeline

This is a timeline for the events within the world of Overwatch, working backwards from the game's present day.

When Overwatch Takes Place
Overwatch takes place roughly sixty years in the future, likely somewhere around the year 2075. Team 4 wanted a setting that would be far enough in the future to allow futuristic technology, but near enough that it would still have recognizable landmarks and cities, allowing players to connect to the world.

The Omnic Crisis was one of the greatest threats to humanity's survival since the Cold War of the 20th century.

Before Overwatch
61 years ago:
 * Reinhardt Wilhelm is born.

60 years ago:
 * Ana Amari is born.

57 years ago:
 * Torbjörn Lindholm is born.

More than 50 years ago:
 * Gabriel Reyes is born. why?

Between ~57 to 48 years ago:
 * Jack Morrison is born.

48 years ago:
 * Mako "Roadhog" Rutledge is born.

45 years ago:
 * Akande "Doomfist" Ogundimu is born.

40 years ago:
 * Mei-Ling Zhou is born.  why?

39 years ago:
 * Elizabeth Ashe is born.

38 years ago:
 * Hanzo Shimada is born.

37 years ago:
 * Jesse McCree is born.
 * Angela "Mercy" Ziegler is born.

35 years ago:
 * Genji Shimada is born.

The Omnic Crisis
Between ~34 and 30 years ago:
 * The Omnic Crisis began. why?

Between ~34 and 30 years ago:
 * Overwatch was founded, enlisting Gabriel Reyes, Jack Morrison, Ana Amari, Reinhardt Wilhelm, Torbjörn Lindholm, and Liao.

33 years ago:
 * Amélie "Widowmaker" Lacroix is born.

32 years ago:
 * Fareeha "Pharah" Amari is born.

30 years ago:
 * Bastion is made.
 * Olivia "Sombra" Colomar is born.

Between 30 to 25 years ago:
 * Sombra's parents are killed.
 * Omnic Crisis ends.
 * Overwatch makes global stability their mission over the next 20+ years.

After the Omnic Crisis
29 years ago:
 * Winston is born.

28 years ago:
 * Satya "Symmetra" Vaswani is born.
 * Aleksandra "Zarya" Zaryanova is born.

26 years ago:
 * Lúcio Correia dos Santos is born.
 * Lena "Tracer" Oxton is born.

25 years ago:
 * Jamison "Junkrat" Fawkes is born.

23 years ago:
 * Brigette Lindholm is born.

Between 23 and 19 years ago:
 * Sombra is taken in by Los Muertos. why?

20 or more years ago:
 * "The Reaper" starts appearing.

20 years ago:
 * Tekhartha Zenyatta is either made or gets consciousness. (Don't know how omnics work.)
 * South Korea is attacked by omnic monstrosity from the sea.
 * This photo is taken.

Between 20 and 8 years ago:
 * Mercy joins Overwatch.

19 years ago:
 * Hana "D.Va" Song is born.

14 years ago:
 * Hammond is born.

Between 10 to 7 years ago:
 * Allegations against Overwatch are made.

9 years ago:
 * A polar storm hits Ecopoint: Antarctica and Mei and her team are forced into cryostasis.

More than 8 years ago:
 * After their father's death, Genji is nearly killed by Hanzo. He is rescued by and joins Overwatch.
 * McCree is caught doing illegal activities with the Deadlock Gang and joins Overwatch, rather than spend his life in a maximum security prison.
 * Moira joins Overwatch.

8 years ago:
 * Talon attacks Overwatch facilities in Oslo, Norway.
 * Retribution takes place.
 * After assassinating Talon leader Antonio, Blackwatch is revealed to the public.

Between 8 and 7 years ago:
 * Blackwatch is suspended.

'''Between 8 and ??? years ago:'''
 * Akande Ogundimu kills Akinjide Adeyemi and takes up the mantle of Doomfist.

Less than 8 years ago:
 * Amélie Lacroix is kidnapped and brainwashed by Talon. Two weeks later, she assassinates her husband, Gérard Lacroix.

7 years ago:
 * An unnamed Overwatch official is murdered.
 * Null Sector holds a hundred citizens captive in King's Row.
 * Uprising takes place. Tracer goes on her first mission as an Overwatch agent.

Between 7 and 6 years ago:
 * Ana is shot by Widowmaker and presumed dead.
 * Doomfist is caught by Genji, Tracer, and Winston. why?
 * McCree leaves Overwatch.
 * Genji leaves Overwatch.

6 years ago:
 * Jack Morrison and Gabriel Reyes are caught in the explosion at the Switzerland Overwatch headquarters, presumed dead.

Between 6 and 5 years ago:
 * Overwatch is shut down.

Post-Overwatch
Less than 6 years ago:
 * Lúcio leads an uprising that drives Vishkar Corporation out of the Rio de Janeiro favelas. Vishkar has not developed anywhere since.

3 years ago:
 * D.Va becomes the #1 StarCraft player in the world.

1 or less years ago:
 * D.Va joins MEKA.

Current Day
The following sections are not necessarily in chronological order. Lists within sections are chronological to the best of the editors' knowledge.

Day that Overwatch is recalled (more than 1 month ago):
 * Full moon.
 * Before daybreak: Reaper attempts to hack Athena, and Winston recalls Overwatch agents.
 * 5:05pm to 5:15pm GMT: Mondatta is assassinated by Widowmaker. why?


 * LumériCo completes first of new power plants in Dorado.
 * Winston films Are You With Us? and broadcasts it on the Overwatch emergency frequency.
 * Winston's message triggers Mei's cryostasis to end.

After Overwatch's Reformation:
 * Mei saves a nest of endangered arctic wildlife from a collapsing glacier.


 * On a full moon, and the anniversary of Hanzo and Genji's near-fatal fight, Genji confronts Hanzo.

More than 1 month ago:
 * A Monday: Reaper and Widowmaker attempt to recover Doomfist's gauntlet from a museum and are stopped by Tracer and Winston.
 * Before November 2: Volskaya Industries is breached and an assassination attempt is made on Katya Volskaya by Widowmaker.
 * LumériCo plans to expand their power network.
 * Doomfist breaks out of prison.
 * Doomfist intercepts his gauntlet on its way to the Numbani Heritage Museum, destroying the city's OR15 robots in the process.

1 month ago:
 * Orisa is made.

Soldier: 76's attacks:
 * Soldier: 76 makes his first attack on a former Overwatch base, and attacks at least one other base within a week.
 * A Monday at 4am: Soldier: 76 steals a heavy pulse rifle from Watchpoint: Grand Mesa, roughly a week after his first attack.
 * (not chronological) Soldier: 76 attacks former Overwatch base in Colorado and breaks into an Overwatch armory. Soldier: 76's last attack before being sighted in Dorado was in the USA.
 * Soldier: 76 is sighted in Dorado, likely around the time of Hero.
 * LumériCo finishes its nuclear plant located in Dorado.

LumériCo scandal:
 * LumériCo plans to begin service in Dorado on November 1 and host an event to commemorate the completion of their network across Mexico.
 * Roughly October 19 (or earlier): Sombra leaks documents about LumériCo's CEO, Guillermo Portero. A protest is organized for November 1. why?
 * November 1:'' LumériCo's grand opening of its Dorado plant is met with unprecedented protests and widespread civil unrest.
 * November 2: Guillermo Portero temporarily steps down as CEO of LumériCo.


 * Zarya meets with Katya Volskaya.
 * Zarya: Searching takes place.