Sniperstarr

### Powers/Skills

MarksmanshipKnife ProficiencyDrawingPlaying violin, tenor saxophone and clarinet

## Relationships

### Enemies

BLU RobotsEvil Medic

> Let's get this over with, shall we?
>
> Sniperstarr, Comic #7, page 8

**Roscoe Nicholas Kiramann**, otherwise known as **Sniperstarr**, is a hivemerc played by Somberstarr.

Sniperstarr is the sniper for the Hivemind's RED team. Preferring long-range combat, he put his skills in his trusty sniper rifle, picking off robots from yards away. However, he is not afraid to get his hands dirty. His skunk-oil jarate is not only stomach-churningly vile, but also amplifies taste of bushwhacka steel.

He does not often interact with the rest of the mercenaries, as he spends most of his time outside of RED Base at Teufort's abandoned watchtower. His go-to form of communication is by radio, which he frequently uses to call in on the weather, request for supplies, or report strange anomalies around the area.

## Biography

### Early Life

Sniperstarr was born in California, USA, to a Japanese mother and American father. He spent little time in the United States, however, as two years had not passed before the couple and their child would relocate to the dangerous and unforgiving Australian outback. Sniperstarr grew up almost alone, with only his parents and dogs as the only company for miles around. Eventually, his parents sent him away to attend school in order for the child to learn how to socialize and adapt to normal society. However, his silent and anti-social nature persisted up until adulthood.

After graduating high-school, he decided he would seek out new opportunities and attend an art college in the United States. However, his parents, believing that the career choice would only end him up living in the dumps and wasting their money, urged him to join the U.S Military as a marksman instead. This conflict between what he wanted to do with his own life and what his parents expected of him permanently affected his relationship with his parents. Roscoe decided to leave for America anyway, attending a relatively unknown community college somewhere in the northeastern United States. Unfortunately, after only 2 years into the program, he dropped out due to financial struggles and stress.

For a few months, Roscoe had worked numerous different jobs in an attempt to remain financially stable, however, this way of life left him unhappy as he was struggling to make the bare minimum in order to remain off the streets. He feared returning home to Australia, as he was terrified of the idea of his parents labeling him a failure with nothing to prove. After much consideration, he finally decided to put his marksmanship skills to use and become an Assassin for hire.

Kiramann being relatively new to the assassin business, took jobs that hired for (relatively) cheap prices. After about 4 years of taking jobs, he had become a relatively well known hitman across the United States and its territories.

### Mercenary

In the Summer of 1969, Roscoe was approached by a company known as TF Industries by a letter in the mail. In the letter, he was offered a tremendous pay increase on the behalf that he would work with them as a mercenary and take hits without question. After a few days, he was officially hired at the company, making him the "first" Hivemerc.

After joining, Roscoe was not immediately stationed at a set location, but instead was bounced around the country completing various contracts and other jobs. These jobs mostly involved deliveries and assassinations, taking out Mann.co's competitors and, unbeknownst to him at the time, anyone who dared to investigate the company's history and motives. These included agents from the organization [PLACEHOLDER]. Overtime, his curiosity on the nature of these strange demands and meticulous instructions grew, which led him to pursue his own path of knowledge in secret. However, this inquiry was short-lived, as he was warned and threatened by the Administrator into completely abandoning his research. Although technically breaking his work contract, the Administrator let him keep his position for unknown reasons.

A few months after the incident, he was assigned a working partner, a Scout, to help take care of contracts. He was displeased with this idea, as he often worked alone and the concept of teamwork was something he was not familiar with. He and Jason Canary, the Scout and newest member of the Hivemercs, met and had their first job in Northern Texas. The job did not go well and almost failed due to their drastically different methods of planning and executions. Roscoe found Jason to be a pain to be around, and generally despised working with him.

## Trivia

* Sniperstarr was the first hivemerc to be created. Him being the first in-universe Hivemerc to be hired is a nod to this.
* He has visited almost every U.S state and territory, only excluding Alaska and Wyoming.
* He is trilingual, as he speaks English, Japanese and has an intermediate understanding of German.
* Despite having lived in Australia, he despises hot weather.
* Is one of the (if not the only) merc that can legally drive.
* He earned his shooting skills from his school’s marksmanship club.
* He is left handed, and is a left handed shooter.
* The original name of his watchtower was "The Beehive." Unfortunately, he found out personally that the name was misleading, as it was infested with hornets instead.
* He owns a radio that, when not communicating, plays only Bluegrass and Country music.
	+ he had asked Mann.co numerous times for a new one, but every time, they send the same model that does the same thing. He has since stopped asking.