Steve Austin

## Steve K. Austin

**Steve Kieron Austin** was the Team Sergeant of Star Team Nova. Austin was the 2nd in command of Recon Team Star of the Special Recon Team under Lee Hudson, prior to their induction into the STCTF during the Ground Zero mission. Austin was also the teams designated marksman and as such views himself as the guardian angel of the team. He died in August 2020 during the final Golden Phantom 2 mission.

## Background

Austin joined the United States Army shortly before 9/11 out of a sense of responsibility and tradition to his family, who have served in the armed forces since the revolutionary war. After basic training Austin went straight into Ranger Assessment and Selection Program (RASP), which he passed.

Austin was assigned to the 75th Ranger Regiment shortly thereafter. While assigned to the 75th Austin was deployed to Afghanistan from 2001-2004. During those years in Afghanistan Austin was awarded several medals and awards including the Silver Star.

After his years with the 75th Austin applied to SOF Selection towards the later end of 2004. Austin officially became a Green Beret in 2005 and deployed with them to various conflict zones from 2005-2007.

At the start of 2007 Austin applied for Delta force selection and passed later that year. After being assigned to 1st SFOD-D stationed out of Fort Bragg Austin was again deployed to many different conflict zones around the world, including the middle east, Asia, Africa, and Eastern Europe. During his tenure at 1st SFOD-D (2007-2012) Austin was again awarded various medal such as another silver star.

Following his final deployment with Delta force in Ukraine, Austin was re-assigned to the USSRT where he would spend roughly 3 years doing various Black Ops in foreign territories before being assigned as the Team Sergeant in a newly minted Recon Team Star under 1st Lieutenant Lee Hudson, the two of them selecting additional candidates from a list of prospective reconnaissance operators. Shortly after the team was officially formed, they were given a trial by fire in the form of a deployment to Syria as part of *Operation Hidden Blade*. The team was highly successful in their operations in Syria, forming a strong bond that they would carry with them on future missions to Afghanistan and later Kazakhstan.

Austin came to view his team as his own family and would do anything to get them home in one piece, the only exception to that rule being the mission.

After the team was inducted into the STCTF, the members of RT-Star were selected for a special assignment based upon their advanced skillsets. The members of RT-Star would become the second generation of Star Team, designated "Star Team Nova." The team would execute multiple missions focused on more sensitive intelligence-gathering operations, much like the sort they were responsible for while serving in the SRT.

Austin had served under with RT-Star for around 4 years and as such had developed a intense loyalty to his team as well as a intense sense of responsibility. As such he took it upon himself to keep their morale up and keep the men on task.

## Personality

Steve Kieron Austin was described as a large man in presence while being small in stature. During operations it has been noted that he rarely speaks of anything not directly related to the task at hand, however when he was on leave or when the team was training he was described as a easy going and enjoyable presence, always quick to joke and get dirty with his men. Austin however never lets his men forget who was in charge no matter where he was.

## Death

Austin was killed in action on August 21st, 2020 in Kryukov, Kazakhstan after volunteering to manually activate the Project Zero device that would capture the Ephemeral Orm.

## Trivia

* Austin was never seen without Pit Viper sunglasses on until a tragic boating accident on R&R, In rememberance of the glasses he has never worn another pair. He instead wears
* Austin has a set of WW1 era dogtags belonging to his grandfather that never leaves his neck.
* Austin is a known teetotaler.
* During his free time Austin enjoys reading and painting
* Austin has taken every single course the army has offered him
* During his time with the Green Berets Austin went to college for aBachelor in History, Bachelor in Psychology, Associates in Animal Husbandry, and a Associates in Women's Studies