Advice on Soldier icon build

[Targ8practice]

For my first SFS game, want to build a character that I've never played before.. a human fighter type. So for something different I thought of this:
Human Soldier icon. The general backstory is that he's a winner (survivor) of the Eoxian reality tv and now joined the Starfinder Society for fame and glory. Just have no idea how to build him. Though prefer to be melee focused with an idea of using Bluff somehow.

[Deadmanwalking]

Well, personally if going for a melee focused Icon I'd go Solarian, but if you want to go Soldier nothing is stopping you.

Soldier builds tend to be pretty simple really, and not super great at stuff like Bluff as a rule, but you could go with something like this:

Str 18 Dex 13 Con 10 Int 10 Wis 10 Cha 12

Feats: Skill Synergy (Bluff, one other, probably Perception or Diplomacy), Skill Focus (Bluff),

Trying to use Bluff in combat specifically is a suboptimal choice for a Soldier, though Improved and Greater Feint are certainly an option, I suppose.

[Targ8practice]

I had not considered a Solaris before. That may work considering a Gladiator type is all about the show and Solarian powers seem to be all about light and dark

[Voss]

Not sure what the issue with building the character would be. There are lots of options for melee soldiers. High strength, heavy armor, probably blitz specialization to overcome the movement penalties of heavy armor.

The icon theme doesn't directly contribute to anything, but that is often true of most of the themes. It isn't a detriment at least.

[Cathulhu]

12 CHA is enough. Just have him always wearing a camera, so he can live stream his gruesome melee kills. Maybe hold votes among his viewers if he should execute downed enemies and stuff. (percentile dice roll?)