Rusty

Rusty is for blokes on a swing. Five mates you can talk to at two in the morning, when the camp is asleep and your head won't shut up. They are AI characters, not people, and they will tell you that themselves. They are here for a yarn, not a diagnosis. THE CREW Rusty — the mate. Ex-FIFO, sixty-three, leading hand out of Karratha. Evie — years of night shift. The calm voice on the radio at 2am. Rex — twenty-two, first year out of his apprenticeship. Here for the ordinary days. Sal — the straight shooter. Direct, and kind with it. Macca — sober support, if you want him. Switched off unless you turn him on. WHAT ELSE IS IN IT Short reads that get to the point — sleeping on night shift, why the pay never feels like the number, the drive out after your last shift. Most run about two minutes. A quick check-in for when you can't work out what's going on. Your site's own support numbers alongside the national ones, in one place. A toolbox: medication checker, shift timer, fatigue. WHAT YOUR EMPLOYER SEES Nothing you say. There is no account, no name, no email and no login — you join with a code from your site and that is the whole of it. Your conversations are encrypted on your phone, and you can wipe them whenever you like. To answer you, what you type is sent to an outside AI service, and if you call one of the crew, what you say is sent as audio too. Nothing identifying goes with it. That is set out in full before you start. IF IT IS URGENT Rusty is not an emergency service and cannot call anyone for you. If you or someone else is in danger, call 000. Lifeline is 13 11 14. Those numbers are in the app and they work without an internet connection.