I'm putting the point system back in because it gives you a sense of accomplishment, as well as a way for me to write battles as "easy" or "hard" (just in general).
And of course Walker starts in Italy. He'd get ripped apart in America. There's a few scenes in the book The Spy that Haunted Me where he's in the US; Hilarity Ensues. Imagine Walker. In a hole in the wall diner in Philadelphia. Trying to drink coffee.