Is there an official timeline somewhere or statements which show when has what happened ?
I know that that the first Omnic Crisis and the original first Overwatch was 30 years ago
on that original first Overwatch there were: Soldier 76, Reyes/Reaper, Reinheardt, Torbjorn (someone else ?) .. basically the guys that were younger 30 years ago, but are still around now, just older than the rest of the cast
then Overwatch blossomed into this huge organisation and had their golden age which apparently lasted awhile .. many more of the current cast were part of that expanded peak Overwatch, including Tracer, Winston, Mercy, Pharah, McCree etc. .. Amelies/Widowmakers husband was also part of that and thats when her turning into Widowmaker by Talon hadto have happened
then at some point Overwatch fell apart and disbanded and now in the present game time, Winston is trying to reassemble it
so, my questions:
1) How long ago was the period when Tracer, Winston, Mercy etc. were actively part of Overwatch ? most of the younger cast (e.g. Tracer, Mercy etc.) look now the same as they did back then, so it could not have been that long ago ? Like at most this could have been 5-7 years ago, right ? Or even less
2) How long did that period last ? I.e. for how many years was Tracer officially part of Overwatch before it disbanded ?
3) How many years ago (relative to present game time) did the OW disband happen ?
and an unrelated question - are Reapers teleport and wraith ~smoke form pure gameplay mechanics or does he actually have some mystical/technological (nanotech ?) super powers ?
most of the cast are just skilled people with guns/armor/tech and Reyes seemed to be the same back in OW, but then Reaper starts doing supernatural-like shit .. explanation ??