Russia's Respect
Null Sector, a rouge Omnic Extremist organisation hell-bent on continuing the Omnic Crisis and bringing all Omnics to their "Rightful Place" as humanity's superiors. They were ruthless, calculating machines, unable to be swayed from their desire to bring upon the downfall of humans, and after failing in London all those years ago, they had doubled their efforts to lay waste to Russia. But, they eventually set a multitude of squadrons to Siberia, in an attempt to gain another foothold from which to attack, but before they could reach the Siberian Omnium, all but one of their soldiers were destroyed by an unknown force. The only survivor, an OR-14 unit, had returned to Russian Omnium and was granted immediate access to the heads of Null Sector. One of the OR-14's legs was missing, as was its firearm, and all other combat capabilities had been forcibly ripped from its body. Before the leaders could ask about the attack, the unit used its remaining arm to tear out its memory core before collapsing lifelessly.
Review of the memory identified the unknown force. And it terrified them.
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Aleksandra Zaryanova smashed her particle cannon down onto the Null Sec droid, smashing it to pieces, turning around and firing upon a group of splicers just as their lasers had begun to charge up. Beside her, her only trusted ally in this battle continued to rain down heavy ordinance upon their shared enemies. When Morrison had gotten word of Null Sector moving into Siberia, it was obvious to everyone in Overwatch that she would be going, and going alone. So imagine their surprise when she- kindly- asked Bastion to accompany her. Just as Zarya loathed Null Sector for daring to attack her homeland, Bastion felt that they threatened the people of Siberia, a people Zarya has shown that E-54 was worth respecting. So few people in the world truly respected Bastion not as a peace-loving Omnic, but as a seasoned veteran of the Omnic Crisis, and a terrifying soldier when faced on the battlefield. So as they stood together, cutting down Droids, Splicers and Bastions, both Overwatch Agents were well aware of the eyes that watched them.
The soldiers of the Russian Defense Forces had fallen back to protect the citizens of Zarya's hometown, well aware that every member of the returned Overwatch was a one man army. Zarya, one of the most powerful women in the world, side-by-side with the Last Bastion, was a force to be scared of, and they left no survivors. Except for one, an OR-14 who had been in charge of the forces. Smiling Zarya had been moments away from crushing the Omnic when Bastion stopped her, and instead offered an idea of its own. An idea better than anything Aleksandra would have come up with on her own.
Send the OR-14 back, a coward and a failure, as a warning that Russia had its own protectors. And that it would take more than an army to take them down.
A week later, after word had spread, the rest of Russia held a newfound respect for the Last Bastion of Overwatch. Of course, just like Zarya, the didn't like Bastion very much, but they respected it, and that itself meant more than the world to it.
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