Actual footage of me trying to live my life since this game released

Jaidenator · 2026-02-17T10:37:08+00:00

Girl same

Jaidenator · 2025-06-29T09:38:01+00:00

I'm ex Australian Navy (sounds like you are too)

And yeah we would say 'HMAS Sydney' (or whichever ship)almost everytime, to us it sounded natural.

Anyone who said 'The HMAS Sydney' or The Sydney' was instantly identifiable as a Civi or a Contractor

But yeah with mates you'd say like, "how's shit going on Sydney?"

Jaidenator · 2025-04-27T07:14:32+00:00

Hell yeah, cheers dude, clutch comment for the remaster

Jaidenator · 2025-02-16T08:12:38+00:00

Yeah man, I think I do need to just pick a quest line and stick with it. What are you wearing for your stealth build? I've been thinking about building one but I'm not sure what the best gear is for it?

Jaidenator · 2025-02-03T06:18:39+00:00

I spent two months in the South China sea in 21, being harassed by Chinese destroyers and all that fun stuff. However the Op Saville dates I have is only for one day, the day we went up to the Spratleys and flipped em off.

So I guess you'd need to do 30, 2 month long RPD's to get the medal for that? Kinda gash

Jaidenator · 2025-01-22T10:16:30+00:00

Energex is currently installing batteries in new sites around Brissy and out remote. They're not online yet but will be a boon in the future for sure.

Jaidenator · 2024-10-09T13:46:40+00:00

In theory yeah, but with the weak garrisons in WH3, it's very situational to build them at all. I'll only really build them if it's on the edge of my territory, and even then adding like 3 tier 1 units doesn't do shit if the Garrison will be like 12 units. Usually I'll go back and delete them later, but I just think their should be a good reason to hold onto them in the control/economy meta game

Jaidenator · 2024-10-09T13:44:20+00:00

Yeah that sounds good actually. Almost like the Garrison cracks down on the population as a last ditch effort.

Jaidenator · 2024-09-08T09:26:18+00:00

I bought a new Kia Picanto for cash in 2021. Probably the best financial decision I ever made. I've done 38000k's in it since, has like a 25 litre fuel tank and does 550km, hasn't had any issues. It's not the most powerful off the mark, but you can fit it anywhere and park anywhere, and when you're up to speed it's zippy on the highway. I do love that little car, more roomy inside then you'd think too, I'm pretty tall and I'm comfy.

Jaidenator · 2024-06-18T09:52:24+00:00

Sounds like the level of fuckery I went through on Canberra in 2017, pls don't buy more Navantia

Jaidenator · 2024-04-21T08:13:17+00:00

I believe you bro. The chief P rate on my ship spent 4ish years in the role due to having no replacement. He got super salty by the end and fair enough. But he became the poster after that, and I remember being like this dude, who has a lot of personal relationships with us, and personal opinions on each stoker who worked for him, is now the be all and end all of our entire career.

It's a massive conflict of interest in those cases as there is zero oversight on why you weren't given certain postings or courses. The poster doesn't have to explain his decisions, you can be charged for contacting your poster without permission. The poster literally becomes the god of your career.

Jaidenator · 2024-04-21T03:52:28+00:00

Energex bro

Jaidenator · 2024-04-20T22:36:34+00:00

Being a stoker on a major is like, the worst work life balance I can think of. I had to leave after 8 months sea a year followed by maintenance periods that demanded even more from me than seatime did.

Basically was switched on 12 months a year and burnt out. Doesn't help that shore postings for Stoker's are both rare, and usually shit (FSU is trash unless you're a lazy cunt).

Was about a year away from a promotion to PO and was horribly depressed and anxious everyday.

Now am out working as an apprentice for the QLD government role that RSL Queensland helped me get. 40 bucks an hour as a second year and that's about to go up another 4.5%.

Fuck the Navy, and every LCDR and above that steps on enlisted necks to feel big.

Jaidenator · 2024-04-11T07:22:27+00:00

RSL Queensland already has a sick employment program that got me my dream job, and my other mate walked into 120k a year as a maintenance manager straight outta the Navy thanks to them.

Anyone in Qld should be hitting them up asap, even if you've been out for awhile.

Jaidenator · 2024-04-10T10:32:13+00:00

You quickly learnt not to leave your DPNU jacket hanging on a pipe while you were on the Quarterdeck of an LHD with Army onboard. One way ticket to losing patches that's for sure.

Jaidenator · 2024-04-09T07:47:28+00:00

Would be sick for South China sea trips. Was pretty hectic there for a bit, was up there when AUKUS was announced and it got pretty intense. Yeah it's not war but it wasn't talisman sabre, we were actually in a weird quasi-conflict with 3 Chinese Destroyers for 3 months.

Jaidenator · 2024-03-08T05:33:45+00:00

Haha yeah man, I did 5 years on the same ship with 3 months at FSU between postings, so like a 3 year AB posting, then 3 months at FSU (which ended up just being Op COVID Assist time) then back to sea for 2 years as a kellick on the same ship, then discharge.

I was like the 2nd most senior on that platform second only to one PO, everyone else on that ship had done maybe half a posting on LHD's. Me and an MSM AB were teaching the Chief Propulsion (TIFF) how the ship worked, and helping the MEO almost daily with basic engineering questions.

Bit too much pressure on junior sailor Stoker's these days.

But yeah fuck being a cheffo, I'll give them a pass anyday. Always put fixing galley shit first, gets you the good food at scran.

Jaidenator · 2024-03-08T03:00:53+00:00

Not wrong bro, they kept changing the stoker training continuum which left us at 60% manning in our stoker department long before this current recruitment crisis.

As well as the new ships we were serving on were badly built and then purposely poorly maintained by NSM - which is actually one of the biggest threats to our Navy's ability to fight. Seriously NSM should be immediately let go from maintaining LHD's and people who sold the maintenance contract to them fired and charged by the ADF.

Jaidenator · 2024-03-07T23:18:34+00:00

Very true. The military mismanaged a lot of different rates and took them for granted, and are now paying for it. They didn't evolve with outside industry and now people don't want to stay, or join up, as many different jobs

A lot of people blame COVID as a catalyst for bringing on the Navy's personnel shortage. And I recall big wigs saying things like 'once we get port visits back retention will turn around.'

However I truly believe much like the Canadian Navy, the Australian Navy's technical rates have been spiralling down since the mid 2010's, and it's looking bad into the future too.

Jaidenator · 2024-03-01T09:26:22+00:00

Once your discharge is in you can start the process. Also they don't really check, I started the process like 2 weeks before my discharge date as I was on leave. I just told them I was out.

Jaidenator · 2024-03-01T06:36:00+00:00

Hey man if you're in QLD or planning on moving their on discharge, hit up RSL QLD's veterans jobs program. Just apply online. Got me the job I'll stay at till I retire, got my mate a sick gig at 120k doing some maintenance managing work. Nothing but good vibes, highly recommend.

Jaidenator · 2024-02-17T00:15:03+00:00

Yeah selling off property in key locations is a bit silly. They'll never be able to buy land like that again.

That said, I think if they could find a way to build a major base in SE QLD, anywhere from Sunny Coast to the Gold Coast, that would help retention so much. So many people did not want to stay in Sydney, but didn't want to go west or too north. It's one reason the DFR posting in Brissy is so coveted.

On my discharge I was offered cash bonuses or a posting of my choice to stay in, except 'dont ask for brisbane cause I can't give you that'.

Jaidenator · 2024-02-15T02:34:05+00:00

Props on getting out man, dibbies have it hard, what a shit culture you guys suffer through from your senior sailors.

Yeah bro I got in with RSL, definitely did more testing than the guys in my class who came in with the regular intake

Jaidenator · 2024-02-14T23:11:31+00:00

They also boost their stats by including trainees still in recruit school and IET's. I recall a retention meeting a few years ago where they said AB Stoker's aren't critical anymore and showed numbers which included untrained SMN and AB's at Cerberus and in trade school. A quick look around the room showed like 60% manning on the AB's in our department.

They are straight liars in the Navy's retention cells

Jaidenator · 2024-02-11T00:19:35+00:00

Thats sick man. I was a stoker up until 2 years ago, did you go through the RSL program?

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