[Platinum Sun]

This Monday (EST) I will be shipping out to boot camp. Then from there to the Charleston Naval Academy, and finally to start my tour in the United States Navy. It is unlikely that I will have unrestricted internet acess in any of those three locations, so don't be surprised if my posts this weekend are the last that you ever hear from me. But also don't be surprised if I ghost my way back in here from time to time, mainly to update my Fanfic, as I greatly regret not finishing it in time.

I've had a great time here, even though I stopped playing Golden Sun years ago. All of you have made this forum a great place to talk and goof off. And even though I probably should, I don't consider the time I spent here to be wasted. Even so, I've had GSSF as my homepage for much longer than is healthy. And even if circumstances permitted, it is probably nonetheless time to move on.

In other words:

KTHXBAI! B)

[Aquamarine]

What!? No way... Aw man, this is crap. Well, good luck, have a great time and try to pop in from time to time. You'll be sorely missed.

:P

[Split Infinity]

Thanks for contributing to GSSF so much over the years. I'm sure we'll all miss you. Come back soon, ya big Platypus.

:P

[Folcon]

Fare the well, mon capitan. Watchout for the villiage people.

[Golden Legacy]

Ahh, you were a great member PS... be sure to stop by whenever you can, best of luck always.

[Mindpatch]

Dude, have a good time fighting evil for the USA, we all know you'll do great.
We'll miss ya when you're not here.

[Golden Djinn13]

That's a really unexpected move from you. I thought you would be a librarian or something. :P

Good luck with your training/kicking ass in other countries.

[Someone Else]

Forget providing service to the United States! What has the United States ever done for you?!

Oh well, I hope you've found something that you can do with your life. I'll miss you.

[Toasty]

I know I'll miss our arguments about the origins of living organisms. :P

But, I know someone else who's going into the military, and though I doubt it, you may end up meeting him some day.

But anyway, what part of the navy are you going into?

[Somia]

Byebye!
Dan, is it?
We'll miss you.

[Platinum Sun]

Mr.T, on Aug 9 2007, 05:55 PM, said:

But anyway, what part of the navy are you going into?

I'm going into the nuclear branch. (power, not weapons, don't freak out) There's not much else that I can tell you as it's all classified and whatnot. At this point there are things that they won't even tell me, but I'll try to answer any further questions if you have them.

[FlamingDuck]

Aww man...Well, have a good life in case we never hear from you again. Or, in the immortal words of Jenna, "Don't die!"

Bye.

[Split Infinity]

Nah, nuclear power is pretty safe these days.

Platinum may be the first member to have a legitimate reason NOT to return.

[gsninja]

So, you're really leaving? Contribute to the army well, PS, and we'll miss you. :P

[TheEnglishman]

Aw crap. You're so cool too!
I guess our loss is the navys gain. Just don't become a 'sailor'. :P

[Eugine]

Oh well, I'll miss you PS. Hope you get access to GSSF somehow.

[Someone Else]

If you peers start swearing plug your ears and go to a happy place.

[Viridian Tiger]

Awwww.. you're leaving? I hope you will still come on from time to time. You will be missed greatly. Hope you have the greatest of success!
~ Viridian Tiger

[My Best Wishes]

And now a Messed up quote from Toasty!

I think we made it pretty clear in TRT: Scallywag Version that Sailors are g*y.
I mean, why else would they spend months at sea in a boat full of men?

Joking. Can I ask why the Navy though? Not a Marine or Army or Air Force?

Enjoy I guess...

[Split Infinity]

Because the army is too busy shooting at people, and the air force pilots are crammed into one-seater fighter planes. :P

[TheEnglishman]

watch, on Aug 12 2007, 06:24 AM, said:

And now a Messed up quote from Toasty!

I think we made it pretty clear in TRT: Scallywag Version that Sailors are g*y.
I mean, why else would they spend months at sea in a boat full of men?

I thought I said that. I forget now.

[Split Infinity]

I remember it being Toasty.

[TheEnglishman]

Never mind then.

[Platinum Sun]

watch, on Aug 12 2007, 01:24 AM, said:

Joking. Can I ask why the Navy though? Not a Marine or Army or Air Force?

Mostly because the Navy has very high intelligence standards, which I can meet, and middling physical requirements, which I also can meet. The Army has no standards, they'll take anyone that can hold a gun. The Air Force has standards of reaction timing and such that I would lag way behind in because I didn't play enough video games. And the Marines have PT reqirements that I would never make because I have the coordination of and epilleptic toddler on crack at a rave.

[Wiflewood]

Good Luck PS. Have a nice life. 5* member deffo :ph34r:

[Toasty]

So you're going to be an intelligence officer then? Good choice. Wish I could be there to argue with you over your inttelligence. :ph34r:

Have a good life in the navy though. Who knows. Maybe you'll end up meeting a friend of mine. I'm pretty sure he's going into the navy as field medic. Or something along the lines of that. Was it a corman?

[Someone Else]

Yeah, the Navy is pretty much the safest branch to go in the United States Armed Forces. In the Marines, you could get shot, and die. In the Air Force, you could black out and crash, and die. In the Navy the only thing you have to worry about is sinking. And sea sickness. And scurvy. No wait, that's Pirates.

[My Best Wishes]

Platinum Sun, on Aug 12 2007, 11:47 PM, said:

Mostly because the Navy has very high intelligence standards, which I can meet, and middling physical requirements, which I also can meet. The Army has no standards, they'll take anyone that can hold a gun. The Air Force has standards of reaction timing and such that I would lag way behind in because I didn't play enough video games. And the Marines have PT reqirements that I would never make because I have the coordination of and epilleptic toddler on crack at a rave.

I didn't know the Army had poor standards.
So can I inquire if this is a career option for you or are you there to be a engineer or something? (Not a fighting man)
I ask becasue in Australia some people tend to join the armed forces as a engineer or mechanic because they get paid, free training and schooling, and when applying for a real job have that on their resume.

[Platinum Sun]

Mr.T, on Aug 12 2007, 06:59 PM, said:

So you're going to be an intelligence officer then? Good choice. Wish I could be there to argue with you over your inttelligence. :ph34r:

I'm not going to work in intelligence. They just want you to be damn smart if they're going to let you run a nuclear reactor.

Mr.T, on Aug 12 2007, 06:59 PM, said:

Have a good life in the navy though. Who knows. Maybe you'll end up meeting a friend of mine. I'm pretty sure he's going into the navy as field medic. Or something along the lines of that. Was it a corman?

Your friend is quite lucky. Medical Cormen are some of the most honored and respected people in the armed service. It's not often that that kind of respect will cross branches, but it makes the leap where MCs are concerned.

Wind Dude, on Aug 12 2007, 08:13 PM, said:

Yeah, the Navy is pretty much the safest branch to go in the United States Armed Forces. In the Marines, you could get shot, and die. In the Air Force, you could black out and crash, and die. In the Navy the only thing you have to worry about is sinking. And sea sickness. And scurvy. No wait, that's Pirates.

Plus there's no water in Iraq, so I probably won't end up there.

watch, on Aug 13 2007, 02:54 AM, said:

I didn't know the Army had poor standards.

They've always been the lowest out of all the branches, and recently they've had to stoop pretty low recently to meet recruiting goals for Iraq.

watch, on Aug 13 2007, 02:54 AM, said:

So can I inquire if this is a career option for you or are you there to be a engineer or something? (Not a fighting man)
I ask becasue in Australia some people tend to join the armed forces as a engineer or mechanic because they get paid, free training and schooling, and when applying for a real job have that on their resume.

The official name of my position is Nuclear Electronics Technican. So no, I won't be fighting. As for using this experience to find civillian work, we'll see. Reenlistmen bonuses for people in my program tend to be pretty sweet.

I leave in a few hours, so it's entirely possible that this will be my last post. I hope that I answered all of your questions an made my departure a little less difficult.

[Someone Else]

I just want to say your avatar is AWESOME.

[My Best Wishes]

Yea I'm a fan. I might steal it after you've left.
But who will adopt the trade mark :ph34r:

[Viridian Tiger]

That avatar is cool, indeed! ^-^ Farewell, Platinum Sun!!

[Someone Else]

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[Sea of Time]

You were awesome, good luck with the Navy and hope to see you back once in a while!

[FlamingDuck]

Sea of Time, on Aug 13 2007, 09:05 PM, said:

You were awesome, good luck with the Navy and hope to see you back once in a while!

QFT.

[Toasty]

PS, try and get a hold Of Trevor Linville. He's the friend of mine who's going to be a medical guy/corman/whatever. :ph34r:

[Caael]

The Navy is modern day pirates! : D

Later on, dude. I feel like I never got to know you, but you're still pretty cool. Have fun and don't get blown up.

[Platinum Sun]

Well, $5 in a pay terminal at the base landed me here. I'll just do some frantic catchup and then go back to drill. I get my travel orders soon, so look for further updates on Wednesday or so.

And BTW, I know a Linville that's going to be a corman, he's in my division right now. I'll try to ask him about the syndicate before he has to leave too.

[Folcon]

It's good to see you here once more PS. How's life at sea?

[Platinum Sun]

The training base is on land actually. Now that I've graduated boot camp I have 18 months of technical training to do before I get to see a boat. Other than that technicality I'd say I'm doing pretty good, especially the part about being out of boot camp.

[Someone Else]

Don't let the Drill Sergeant scare you!

[TheEnglishman]

Have you sung 'In the Navy' yet?
http://elchicoibarra.blogia.com/upload/20051205192133-20051205130253-navy.jpg

[Caael]

Was it that simpsons episode that magically made you join the navy?

' Yvan eht Nioj'

[Aquamarine]

Hey, great to see you, PS! Is it difficult work, being in the Navy?

[Folcon]

I still think Ps's avatar is the coolist that I've seen on this forum.

[Toasty]

Platinum Sun, on Oct 14 2007, 08:00 AM, said:

Well, $5 in a pay terminal at the base landed me here. I'll just do some frantic catchup and then go back to drill. I get my travel orders soon, so look for further updates on Wednesday or so.

And BTW, I know a Linville that's going to be a corman, he's in my division right now. I'll try to ask him about the syndicate before he has to leave too.

DUDE THAT'S HIM!!

Ask him about daniel hodgson. :P

[Platinum Sun]

Will do. I'll ask him about it at evening muster tonight and let you know as soon as I get the chance. We're going to different places after we get our orders, I'm almost sure of it, but this was still kind of a cool "it's a small, small world" event.

[Toasty]

It's just so bizzare. I mean, out of the thousands of people in bootcamp, the odds that this could've happened were pretty slim.

[My Best Wishes]

Yea the random meeting between you and someone who knows Mr.T:blink:
So...how's stuff?

[Blue]

How did I completely miss this topic? This would explain why PS hasn't been on much since august...

[Platinum Sun]

Glad to see that Blue is staying so up to date.

I managed to talk to Linville just before we left boot camp. When I mentioned your name, he hung his head and admitted to knowing you. When I mentioned the Syndicate, he said: "Oh, my God that's all he talks about!" When I asked if there was something he wanted me to tell you, he said: "Thaddaeus says 'hi.'" Man that was cool. Too bad we got split up...

If you ever get to talk to ol' Linny, tell him that Corpsmen ride the short bus. He'll know what I mean. Oh, and tell him that he coughs like a girl. That had been bugging me and I never got to tell him.

[Someone Else]

Just try to keep in touch, alright? And good luck, I'm rooting for you in whatever it is you're going to do. :silence:

[Platinum Sun]

I'm actually at my next command right now, for the moment, I have a generous roomate with a laptop. No telling how reliable I'll be when that's my only source of internet. I'll work on buying my own soon, but my class scedule will probably be too tight for me to put in a whole lot of time regardless of my computer status.

[PDM]

PS D: I didn't even know you had gone.


GLHF!


btw, LAFF @ people who would honestly think that joining the navy/marines/air force = fighting. Not saying any of you HONESTLY thought that, but, just LAFF at thems. Like, when I found out my friend was in the air force, one of my other friends asked him what it was like to fly planes :\

[Someone Else]

Well yeah, there's no water in Iraq. :silence:

[Folcon]

Don't mean there aint work for the Navy to do on land. Not every postion in the Navey involves being on a ship.

[Someone Else]

Like Navy SEALS! Or Master Chief! *ignorant*

[Folcon]

Well there are the planes on Carriers. Those are run by the Navy. And I know there are other positions, I just don't know what. I could ask my dad as he was in the Navy about 30+ years ago. I don't know exactly what he did, but I know he was trained as interpreter or something.

[My Best Wishes]

I thought about joining the Armed Forces, but I was under the impression that PDM 'Laffs' at so I scratched that idea.

[PDM]

It's okay watch. At least you're not an american. Then we wouldn't love you.

[Caael]

watch, on Oct 17 2007, 03:28 AM, said:

I thought about joining the Armed Forces, but I was under the impression that PDM 'Laffs' at so I scratched that idea.

You didn't do something because you thought PDM wouldn't like it? If PDM told you not to follow your life calling, you probably wouldnt do it.

[My Best Wishes]

Ehh no not quite. PDM said that most people though that all people in the armed forces fought. I did too, which was why I scratched the idea. It had nothing to do with PDM. This was a couple of months ago.

[PDM]

._. Caael, I suggest you join the armed forces!