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===North American Campaign=== The North American campaign would lead to a key turning point in the war. The [[Canadian Armed Forces]], in conjunction with the newly-formed Overwatch strike team, would mount a counterattack would clear out all omnic forces from Canada's southern cities down to Toronto, after which they would use infantry to establish a permanent perimeter against the [[Detroit omnium]]'s forces, which had been pumping out a steady stream of omnics and sending them north over the border. In this, they would be supplemented by a joint turret/[[heron|drone]] system called "[[the Siege]]." The first attempt was at [[Ottawa]] which was subjected to bombing by the [[RCAF]] before infantry were sent in. However, the joing Overwatch-Canadian forces were forced to retreat as the omnic counter-attack became too much to bear.<ref name = "OW2Sojourn"/> [[File:Soujourn and Morrison.png|thumb|Overwatch and CAF forces at Toronto]] Winter set in, which bit deep into the CAF's supplies. Regardless, a second attempt was made, and Overwatch and CAF forces were deployed in Toronto. This time, the plan succeeded, and with the Siege established, Toronto could be retaken. However, the battle had cost the humans a third of their forces.<ref name = "OW2Sojourn"/> By this point, Anubis's role in the Crisis was still unknown to humanity, and similarly, how and why the omniums had been reactivated was a mystery. However, for those able to shift through the data, Anubis's fingerprints could be seen. As [[Mina Liao]] pointed out, omnic tactics were adjusting on a global scale. This was surprising, as not only would each omnium's force face different challenges, but as millions of omnics were active, there would need to be some kind of hierarchy to sort through the communication. CAF soldier [[Vivian Chase]] suggested that maybe some kind of outside force was taking in all the transmitted data, and issuing orders to omnic forces. Examining the omniums' network traffic, Liao concluded that Chase's theory might have some weight. Chase then suggested that if the omniums were receiving orders from an outside force, if they were able to sever the omniums from said force...could they be shut down?<ref name = "OW2Sojourn"/> This line of thinking led to an [[Battle of Detroit|attack]] on the [[Detroit omnium]] as a joint operation between the CAF, Overwatch, and the [[United States Army]]. Destroying or 'starving' an omnium were both impractical methods, so instead, the plan was to enter the omnium itself, shut down its internal access ports, and in so doing, quarantine it from outside control. After a hard-fought battle, the omnium was shut down.<ref name = "OW2Sojourn"/>
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