| “ | This is a SST Laboratories E54 Bastion. A real nasty piece of work. During the Omnic Crisis, even the best militaries in the world had trouble with them. | „ |
| ~ Torbjörn |
The Bastion E54
The Bastion Siege Automaton E54 is a type of omnic.
Background[ | ]
| “ | A Siege Automaton E54...your kind left a grave wound on this world. | „ |
| ~ Ana Amari |
Standing at roughly four times taller than the average human,[1] Bastion robot units possess the unique ability to rapidly reconfigure themselves into an assault-cannon mode[2] and/or tank form.[3] The Bastion remains equipped with a sub-machine gun in bi-pedal form.[4] It is immune to small arms fire, possesses a self-repair function,[5] and can access the databanks of other Bastion units.[4] They were programmed to fight against any odds until they were shut down.[5]
History[ | ]
The E54 was originally created by SST Laboratories for peacekeeping purposes;[2] Torbjörn Lindholm was among those who worked on their creation.[5] They were deployed in various warzones.[3]
During the Omnic Crisis, they were turned against their human makers, forming the bulk of the omnics' rebel army.[2] Within the first 2 weeks of the war, new E54s were being produced by the formerly defunct omniums, and were frequently deployed alongside OR14s and ATW-Huntsmen.[3] Even the world's best militaries had trouble dealing with them, and the Bastions never retreated in battle, simply advancing on the enemy until they were destroyed.[5] Following the resolution of the crisis, nearly all of them were destroyed or disassembled. To this day, Bastion units still symbolize the horrors of the conflict.[2] In the decades following the war, many false sightings of Bastion units were reported in Sweden and/or other European countries.[5]
Trivia[ | ]
- The playable hero Bastion is an E54 model from the Omnic Crisis.
- A variant exists via the Bastion Siege Automaton B73.
References[ | ]
- ↑ EGO® Overwatch® Omnic Bastion 75987 Building Kit (182 Pieces), Blizzard Entertainment. Accessed on 2018-12-10
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Bastion (Overwatch), Blizzard Entertainment. Accessed on 2015-03-08
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Overwatch 2: Sojourn
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Last Bastion
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Bastion: Binary