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THE RUBY INCIDENT — 1965

Case: NM/65‑GLUTTON • Trading Plaza Breach • Community Edition

OFFICIAL SUMMARY — PUBLIC RELEASE COPY

Executive Summary Notice NM‑431

On October 12, 1965, ~03:00, two operators, Squid and Farid, exploited the Ruby transaction protocol (codename GLUTTON‑65) to mint near‑infinite purchasing power. They swept the Trading Plaza, acquiring “everything.” Sheriff Jamie intervened and banished both from the city. A third party, AaronsonGaming—an iconic community figure—was present and profited massively; however, no conclusive exploit logs tied him to GLUTTON‑65. His inventory value remains the largest on record.

Finding: The exploit duplicated credit without consuming equivalent Ruby state. Debts displaced onto Vendor NPCs, causing dialogue loss and behavioral drift. Justice restored access, not balance.

The Cast

SquidConfirmed exploiter. Co‑author of GLUTTON‑65 loop. Plaza sweep 02:43–03:05.
Status: Banished by Sheriff Jamie.

FaridConfirmed exploiter. Operated mirror node purchases, amplified stock drain.
Status: Banished by Sheriff Jamie.

AaronsonGamingIconic trader. Present during spree; inventory spiked abnormally via legitimate‑looking trades.
Status: Not banned. Flagged, unproven involvement.

Sheriff JamieAuthority of Booth Oversight. Executed plaza lockdown, seized logs, issued exile orders.
Motto: “No hammer without proof.”

Vendor NPCs 07–19Collateral victims. Dialogue truncation, barter loops, memory thinning post‑rollback.
Condition: Partially restored; anomalies persist.

Incident Timeline

02:43 Squid & Farid initiate GLUTTON‑65 in Booth #07. First ACK mismatch observed.

02:47 Burst buys across mirrors. Inventory deltas surpass human thresholds.

02:50 AaronsonGaming arrives at the Trading Plaza; begins standard‑pace trades with high‑rarity items.

02:57 NPCs 07–15 exhibit speech loss ("More… more…"). Crowd reports "sinkhole shelves."

03:00 Ledger rollover multiplies shadow receipts; plaza shutters under Sheriff Jamie.

03:05 Jamie detains Squid & Farid; audit tags GLUTTON‑65. Aaron’s logs return ghost authorizations.

03:23 Ban orders executed. Rollback passes integrity; behavior checks fail.

Evidence & Exhibits

Exhibit A — GLUTTON‑65 Log (fragment)

02:49:01.221 txn=0x7f13 booth=13 buyer=Squid item=Relic_Shadow ACK_RECEIVED=TRUE
02:49:01.224 mirror=alpha ACK_SHADOW=TRUE
02:49:01.229 credit +1 ruby −1 INVENTORY_RELEASED
02:49:01.233 credit +1 ruby −0 DOUBLE_CREDIT
02:51:12.781 buyer=Farid booth=09 MIRROR_DRAIN
02:55:44.002 npc:vendor_13 DIALOG_TRUNCATION
03:00:00.000 rollover mirror=beta GHOST_AUTH
03:04:18.901 audit LEDGER_OK BEHAVIOR_FAIL
03:06:31.410 buyer=AaronsonGaming trade=counter note="receipt ambiguous"
_footnote: "Thank you for the feast. Be useful."

Exhibit B — Sheriff’s Orders

Order: Effective immediately, access revoked for Squid and Farid. Trading Plaza reopened under supervision.
Remark: “I don’t miss. I verify.” — Sheriff Jamie

Exhibit C — Inventory Anomalies

Duplicate uniques observed in Aaronson’s vault; receipts show lawful trades.
NPC gratitude lines replaced by silence in booths 07–19 for 3 days.
Shadow receipts persist in cold saves. Deleting them sometimes doubles the stack.

Technical Analysis — Why GLUTTON‑65 Worked

Vector: Forged shadow ACK accepted by client; genuine ACK accepted by server. Outcome: one Ruby consumed, two credits granted.

Debt Displacement: Ruby tokens carry imprint state. Duplicated credit without imprint forced unpaid debt onto nearest agents: Vendor NPCs.

Patch: PURGE‑1965
Double‑bind receipts, delayed spend windows, imprint parity checks. Status: Deployed. Residual contamination possible in legacy saves.

Risk Markers: sudden shelf refresh; NPC greetings missing first/last words; items marked paid‑but‑unsettled.

Aftermath & Community Impact

Squid & Farid: Exiled. Names etched on Plaza registry as a cautionary header.
AaronsonGaming: Never convicted. Retains the largest inventory value in community history.
Economy: Price memory distorted for weeks. Trust shifted from currency to reputation.
NPC Health: Partial recovery; some still whisper “More.”

Officer’s Note (Jamie): “Justice balances the ledger; myths balance the fear. We needed both.”

Urban Myths Still Circulating

At 03:00, Aaronson’s vault hums. If you hear it, don’t trade.
Booth 13 lists an Unpaid Object visible only to holders of Split Rubies.
A ledger somewhere still owes the Operator everything.

FAQ

Was AaronsonGaming part of the exploit?

No direct proof. He benefited massively during the same window. That’s why he’s legend: clean hands, dirty timing.

Why weren’t all items rolled back?

Because imprint debt stuck to NPCs, not items. Rollback fixed numbers, not memories.

Can GLUTTON‑65 return?

PURGE‑1965 blocks it in theory. In practice, old saves and human greed are excellent patch circumvention tools.