(GURPS) Preston Logan - Artillery Spotter, San Dimas Militia - #CharacterCreationChallenge

Day 7 of the #CharacterCreationChallenge, and I dive into the painted minis and try a new direction.

The figure, a "Northern American" from Brigade Games Gnome Wars line, is not something I can completely shortcut into a role-playing wargame like Brutal Quest or Planet 28.  Rather, I cracked open the old copy of GURPS 3rd Edition and attempted to figure out how to make him a non-hero (50 points) in my Imperial Republic of California for the Gnome Wars world.

Corporal Preston Logan - Artillery Spotter - Imperial California Republican Guard

ST:  10

DX: 11

IQ:  12

HT: 10

Advantages: Alertness +1 (5), Luck (15)

Disadvantages:  Alcoholism (-15) Overconfidence (-10), Hard of Hearing (-10)

Gnome Wars Spotter

Skills: Camouflage  (12), Carousing  (11),  Guns: Pistol  (12), Guns: Rifles (12),  Gunner: Cannon  (13), Language: Russian  (11),  Language: Spanish (12),  Law (10), Leadership   (12),  Mathematics (11), Semaphore   (12), Sign Language (12), Teamster (14).  

Born in the sleepy town of Sacramento, Preston's family impressed two obligations to their son.  He was either going to follow in his uncle's footsteps and become a lawyer, and a prominent member of the Imperial government, or he would fulfill the family's military obligations in some form.  Despite doing well in college, law school was not something that engaged him.  He dropped out after a year, and much to his parent's chagrin, enlisted in the California Imperial Guard.  It had been expected that his military obligation would include a commission, and using his father's connections, a string of safe, administrative positions.  

Preston was assigned to artillery, and quickly showed a competence in all facets, but a particular aptitude in spotting.   His quick promotion to Corporal was a compliment to his special assignment to a training task force invited to Fort Ob Military Station in Russian Alaska.  There, he further specialized his skills, but was also introduced to vodka, in mass quantities.  While he had few issues while on duty, his newly discovered penchant for booze prevented him from further advancement, and his excessive carousing and reassigned him to training militia far from the hot zones near Deseret or Aztexico.

(Edit: I realized after the fact that the forty points cap for disadvantages is meant for a 100-point character, not a 50.  It does give him the feel of a secondary or tertiary character in the Western, so it's not all bad.  There's a reason there's a copy of the 3rd Edition on my shelf and not the 4th Ed books.)