JunkerTown lore

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What did JunkerTown look like before the attack on the “Australian Omnium’s Fusion Core”?

Do I put this in General Discussion? I just want another map :^

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What did JunkerTown look like before the attack on the “Australian Omnium’s Fusion Core”?

We don’t know much about the Omniums other than that the original ones were factories that produced the Omnics and other automated robotic machinery. The Omnium in Australia was given back to the surviving Omnics after the Crisis and suppose to be a long-term residence for Omnics in that region as part of a peace agreement between Omnics and the Australian government. Roadhog’s biography states:

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After the Omnic Crisis, government officials gifted the Australian omnium and the surrounding area to the omnics that had nearly destroyed their country, hoping to establish a long-term peace accord. This arrangement permanently displaced Mako Rutledge and a large number of the Outback’s residents, a scattered collection of survivalists, solar farmers, and people who just wanted to be left alone.

Furious over the loss of their homes, Mako and others turned to violent rebellion. They formed the Australian Liberation Front and struck against the omnium and its robot population to take back the lands that had been stolen. Events continued to escalate until the rebels sabotaged the omnium’s fusion core, resulting in an explosion that destroyed the facility, irradiated the region, and littered the Outback with twisted metal and wreckage for kilometers around.

Mako watched as his home became an apocalyptic wasteland, and he was forever changed.

Adapting to his environment, he donned a mask and took to the broken highways of the Outback on his ramshackle chopper. Little by little, his humanity was forgotten. The last vestiges of Mako faded away and the ruthless killer Roadhog was born.

Source: Overwatch 2 - Heroes - Roadhog

So what is an Omnium exactly? Well there is another news article from PlayOverwatch.com that explains more:

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The Omnic Crisis

When Omnica Corporation revolutionized robotic manufacturing, it seemed the world was on the verge of entering an economic golden age. Their massive factories of automated construction machines and self-improving software algorithms were patented, marketed as “omniums,” and installed on every continent.

What came next is well-documented. The omniums began to break down. Independent analysis showed they would never come close to meeting the corporation’s promises of growth and output. Omnica was investigated and forcibly dissolved after evidence of fraud was uncovered, its omniums shut down.

That is why it came as such a surprise when these defunct, dismantled omniums woke themselves back up and immediately launched a military campaign against all of humanity.

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 we did not understand why.

Source: Overwatch is Back: Uncertainty and Hope After UN Confirms Vigilante Activity - News - Overwatch

So its vague and we really don’t have a good idea of what an Omnium exactly looks like, we obviously see parts of it in Junkertown (especially section 3, the Arena), and I think the new command ship in the Rio De Janeiro Map for Overwatch 2 showing the factory assembly of the new Null Sector units gives some interesting insight. Still, we have yet to see a full Omnium intact, but I believe the ones in North America and Russia still stand. We also know there is an underwater Omnium in the South China Sea just off the coast of South Korea, but it is uncertain if that was originally a true Omnium or something constructed during the crisis.

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