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The Romanian Ruby (Romanian: Rubin Românesc) is a giant ruby, and one of the treasures that the Toppat Clan keeps in their possession. It appears in Infiltrating the Airship during the Pure Blooded Thief route. It is part of a set of three giant gemstones, the other two being the Tunisian Diamond and the Norwegian Emerald.
Infiltrating the Airship[]
The Ruby is located in the vault of the Airship. When Henry sneaks into the Airship with the Grapple Gun in his attempt to bring down the Toppat Clan, he spots the Ruby while traveling through a series of ventilation ducts. This prompts him to abandon his mission and try to steal the ruby instead. He breaks into the vault, and shrinks the Ruby so he can carry it around, but is caught in the act by Geoffrey Plumb when he leaves the vault and sets off an alarm, and the government mounts an aerial assault. After Henry uses power armor to knock down the airship, he steals a flying Powered Armor from CCC agent Mert Steel. Charles spots Henry with the Ruby, but Galeforce finds Henry not worth the trouble with the scale of Toppat losses, and Henry gets away with the Ruby.
Completing the Mission[]
In the routes that use "Pure Blooded Thief" as a starting point, Henry is not allied with either the Government or the Toppat Clan. The latter is aware about the fact that Henry had stolen the gemstone from their possession, and as such, they are hostile to him. The Romanian Ruby is the overarching plot motivator for all but one of those routes.
- "Jewel Baron" - When Henry breaches the Toppat Orbital Station to steal the Norwegian Emerald, he encounters the Right Hand Man, who recognizes him as the man who stole their Ruby. Upon learning of Henry's return, Reginald Copperbottom sets the Clan on high alert and even orders the station's superweapon, the Supreme Dominance, to fire on Henry, but this ultimately fails and Henry escapes with the Emerald. In the vault, the ruby's reserved space instead contains a rough sketch of it.
- "Pardoned Pals"/"Toppat Recruits" - When Henry and Ellie plan to join the Toppat Clan after escaping from The Wall, Reginald recognizes the former as the "guy who stole our ruby". Acknowledging their skills as criminals, Reginald allows the two into the Clan if they return the gemstone. Once they join the clan, several Toppats display a slight acceptance towards the two, and the Ruby is presumably returned in the future. If they side with the government, the Ruby is presumably still kept by Henry.
- "Stickmin Space Resort" - As Henry never personally confronts Reginald Copperbottom or the Right Hand Man in this route, they are unaware about his involvement in the attempt to hijack the Toppat Orbital Station. The Ruby is never mentioned in this route.
Trivia[]
- The Romanian Ruby was only referred to as the "ruby" in Infiltrating the Airship. It is only referred to as the Romanian Ruby during the introduction of the Jewel Baron path.
- In Among Us in the Airship map, one of the new tasks is to polish the Ruby.
- The ruby was octagonal in the legacy version and Hexagonal in the remastered version. The legacy design was then reused for the Emerald.
- Unlike the Tunisian Diamond and Norwegian Emerald, it is not used in any options.
- The Romanian Ruby is the only gem with an alliterative name.
- Status in different endings: Stolen (All PBT Paths, Except TR); Stored (After the Events of TR, FM, LNE, TCW, TK, T4L); Impounded (All GSPI Paths, After the Events of CG, MBH); Destroyed (R).
- There actually aren't any ruby mines in Romania.
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Infiltrating the Airship[]
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