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Thank you, Colonel Moore. And thank you, my fellow Californians, who have come so far to answer the call to service put forth by the republic.
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It is for you that I have come here, and it is because of you that I am able to do so.
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We enjoy our privileges because you take the greatest of risks and are prepared to make the most noble of sacrifices.
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It is because of men and women like Private First Class Jeremy Watson that Nevada and the New California Republic remain free and secure.
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Born in a tin shack on the outskirts of One Pine, Jeremy Watson never had it easy.
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His father worked as a caravan guard on the Short Loop, and his mother, like many Californians, braved the ruins of the Old World as a prospector.
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They suffered through water shortages, raider attacks, and the Brotherhood War. Like our mighty Sierra Nevadas, they endured.
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But the time came when they could no longer shoulder the burden alone.
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Twelve years ago, they called out for help, and the republic heard them. Troopers and rangers, just like you, answered the clarion call.
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Men and women stepped forward to say, "I will carry the weight."
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And at Owen's Lake, we made true on our promise, driving out the raider tribes to establish a lasting peace in the eastern Sierra Nevadas.
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We carried the weight, and though we left behind many of our brothers and sisters on that battlefield, it did not break us.
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Ten years ago, Chief Elise met with representatives of the Desert Rangers to discuss terms of what would become the Ranger Unification Treaty.
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The treaty was more than a resolution to welcome the Desert Rangers into the republic.
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It was a covenant to protect southern Nevada against Caesar's Legion and the tyranny of his regime.
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There are some back home who ask me, "But who are we protecting? What is Nevada to us?"
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Sometimes we forget that the light of our society shines beyond our borders.
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Sometimes we take those privileges for granted that our forebears fought so hard to achieve.
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We must always remember that wherever Californians stand, we carry our principles with us:
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equal respect, representation, and protection under the laws of a just republic.
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This was the same fire that burned in the heart of the Old World that preceded us.
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We are the heirs of that civilization, torchbearers eastward of the Pacific, into the darkness of this wasted land.
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When the republic called on the men and women of California to carry that fire across the Mojave, Jeremy Watson answered. You answered.
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Together, you carried the weight. And when PFC Watson's platoon came under attack at Forlorn Hope, he took the greatest risk,
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not only for his fellow Californians, but for California itself.
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He was prepared to make the most noble of sacrifices, to defend the principles of our republic, even here, on Nevada soil.
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His actions are a beacon to all of us who stand here today in tribute to his valor.
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Private First Class Jeremy Watson, on behalf of the senate and people of the New California Republic,
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it is my honor to present you with the Star of Sierra Madre.
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Not far from this spot, a monument stands as a tribute to the sacrifice made by those who came before us,
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the men and women who fulfilled the promise we made to the Desert Rangers.
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Its back is inscribed with the names of the troopers and rangers who carried the weight.
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And because they made the most noble of sacrifices, it did not break us.
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Four years ago, we held this dam. Four years ago, we carried the weight.
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Four years ago, we drew a line through the Mojave as clear as the Colorado River, a line that Caesar cannot cross.
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Today, you stand here with our brothers and sisters to hold that line. Today, you honor all Californians by carrying that weight.
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Today, you are the waves of the Pacific, pushing ever eastward. You are the sequoias rising from the Sierra Nevadas, defiant and enduring.
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You are the great western light of California, torchbearers in the darkness, living reminders of all that is best in our republic.
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Thank you. Thank you.
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Okay, let's get the fuck out of here. What the hell are you waiting for? You think I want to get shot? Let's go!
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