Why did this character if they don’t have a main connection to the lore? Why are they in the game? Do she have any connections? Where will she take place in Ow2?
Will she even help with OW2, is she even related to the lore?
Please, help me find the missing pieces between this character.
She was on the front lines fighting the omnic war, watch shooting star short.
But how is she connected to the main lore?
Like half the cast isn’t connected to the main lore.
She’s not connected yet, but may be in the future.
If I remember right, she was a pro Starcraft player (which got redacted and now she was just an esports gamer) and the OW organization brought her on to use her skills to pilot MEKAs for them
EDIT- I remembered wrong ty for corrections
No, it wasn’t the OW organization, it was the South Korean company, “MeKa.”
Not Overwatch - she was recruited by the Korean Army to pilot their mechs, along with other pro gamers and an F1 driver.
She’s part of the new wave of heroes, that came after the Fall of Overwatch to protect their country. Seems pretty connected to the lore to me. Just because she’s not connected to the main narrative, doesn’t mean she’s not absolutely part of the lore and the theme of the game.
Here we go, from wikis, so we all have the official info:
Hana Song grew up playing classic games with her father, himself a former professional gamer during his younger years. He was the one that introduced her to Starcraft , and her undeniable skill helped lay the foundation for her eventual e-sports victories in other games.
Song has been friends with Dae-hyun since childhood. They would stay up late working on his hoverbike. Hana took part in a race with it and won, albiet at the cost of the bike and nearly her own life.
Like her father before her, Song became a pro-gamer. She became a Mecha Guardian V player in high school, quickly ascending to the #1 rank, winning the world championship, surpassing her teammate Yuna Lee and rival Kyung-soo Hann. A fierce competitor, Song played to win at any cost, and gained a well-earned reputation for showing no mercy to her opponents.
At home, however, not all was well, as MEKA struggled to maintain its defense against the Gwishin omnics that repeatedly attacked the nation. As the omnics continued to adapt, they eventually disrupted MEKA’s drone-control networks, forcing the military to place pilots in the mechs. Scrambling to find suitable candidates, the government turned to the country’s professional gamers, who possessed the necessary reflexes and instincts to operate the mechs’ advanced weapons systems,
in addition to standouts from other fields that required similar talents. Top stars were drafted, including the 19-year-old Song, along with Lee and Kyung-soo. She saw the new mission as a game, and an evolution of her own career. Without fear or hesitation, she abandoned the limelight of her pro-gamer career, and got an armored mech operator’s licence.
As a member of MEKA, she could put her reflexes to the ultimate test on a real battlefield, instead of a digital one. Her skills and intense competitive spirit made her an extremely effective pilot.
Song now fearlessly charges into battle alongside the rest of her MEKA unit, ready to spring to her nation’s defense at a moment’s notice. Recently, she has begun to stream combat operations to her adoring fans, and her growing following has turned her into a global icon.
Sponsorship deals and her fanbase provided her with the means to customize her mech, such as Nano Cola.
At some point she also played one of the leading roles in the movie [Hero of My Storm]
As an active member of the military, Song was no longer able to freely travel as she could’ve as a civilian. She became an avid reader of Mei’s Adventures, the publicly-posted travel journal of climatologist Mei-Ling Zhou, fascinated with all the different places Mei has seen.
Doesn’t explain why she’s even important in the game.
That’s true, Im sure they’ll connect everyone’s past with the current day in OW2, hopefully. Like how does Lucio seem to be good friends with her
Zen and Hanzo have nothing to do with the lore except be a crutch to explain Genji
I mean, like half of the cast isnt relevant to the main lore
Junkrat and Roadhog for example
Lucio has a main role in OW2 compared to D.Va
Probably we will see how Lucio joins OW
Since he wasnt in the OW 2 cinematic
The mission they showed off at Blizzcon showed how Lucio met Overwatch - presumably he joins them afterward (the cutscenes they showed were placeholders and will be different in the final version).
She’s the only hero aside from Zarya who’s actively fighting the Omnium at the time of the recall. She’ll likely be an important asset in Busan missions, as well as first hand experience with modern weaponized omnics, and could serve as a decent foil to Zarya since she doesn’t seem all that prejudiced against omnics.
I would bet Dva will get something similar. Probably most of the unaligned heroes will end up on either OW or Talon somehow in OW2.
She fixed up the limo that Zenyeta was randomly driving. We just didn’t see it. Deep lore, come on.