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source: Planet houston,Ticonderoga Ranch and Farm
ID Code: joe"quickdraw" Lathrop owner Ticonderoga Ranch
<the screen fades to black soon followed by a video stream of a man <you would place him in his early 40s> in a set of jeans cowboy boots and a clean flannel shirt,with the sleves rolled up,behind him is a CSF beaten and battered he removed his hat and looked to the camra>
Female voice: its recording paw
Man on camra: welp i supose it is then,zoom it in Rebecca
<the frame focuses as the man puffs on the cigar in his mouth>
"my name is Joseph Lathrop,friends call me quickdraw or joe,the womens voice yall heard was my lovely daughter,Rebecca,now yall are probably thinking why a man like me would want to contact yall.<he took another puff on the cigar and coughed a bit>
"well,for the past 15-20 years ive ben doing all sorts of small jobs and salvage work the ship behind me i scratch built her 10 years ago and ive allwaus considerd myself a junker anyway. <he paused and sighed the camra swept out and scanned the ranch that was actually a bit rundown inspite of joes clean apprence> truth be told times are tough in liberty and with growing dislike by the military and ever increaseing taxes ive decided i need a voice,ive decided i need to act.
ive decided to contact yall for membership into the congress brothers and sisters in arms as it were,one big ole happy family ive got nothin left my ranch is facein forclouser and welp,i lose that i lose a home get throw in sugerland ectra.
ive been hanging around both "JT" and Indio for a few days,indio himself said he would sponser me if i ever up and applied.
im good with a gun,hard working good with my tools and good at keepin secrets,i consider myself a cowboy but even we know when to zip our lips. yall wont be getting any complaints outta me but you can be damned sure to get my loyalty.
as fer ships,right now ive only got my freighter ive got limited cash avalible so ifin i need another ship i might beable to make it happen
thank ye kindly for your time,ill be here,yal lget back to me now,ya hear
<he walked to the camra,a final sweep showed the ranch his remaining animals and his ship then the lense cap with murmering>
Rebecca: ya think they wil laccepct us paw?
Joe:i dont know hunny,if not well survive as we have the past few years,your a fine young women you could probably get a job or something,anyway turnthe camra off now time fer supper
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Edit: wil lfix typos and stuff later today im dead arse tired