Rusty/Dialogue

SteamWorld Dig

Entering Joe's Mine

"*UMPH* Well, I don't reckon I'll get out the way I got in. Could be part of my uncle's mine, I guess. All it needs is a splash of paint. Better explore it before the rest of my light dwindles."

_{— Rusty to himself after accidentally breaking into Joe's Mine}

Dorothy McCrank: "Say! What do you think you're doing? Your dramatic entrance just caved the roof in."
Rusty:"I'm sorry, miss. My uncle sent me the claim to this mine. I was heading to Tumbleton to find out why, when I fell through."
Dorothy McCrank: Oh... You're Joe's nephew? He's been gone a while. I've been sneaking down here mining what little I can, and... I just found him. I'm sorry... You should go see for yourself. I'll wait here and try to find a way out."
_{— Meeting Dorothy McCrank}

"It's been a while uncle. Sorry I didn't make it here before you left us. You always claimed we were so much alike? Can't say I understand why you sent me the claim, though. I'm no miner. *Sigh* Well, I hate to rob you of your plunder. If I could just borrow your pickaxe, I might get out of this calaboose."

_{— Rusty to the dead body of his uncle Joe}

Confronting Voltbot

???: "*BZZT* *BZZZ, BZZZZZZZZZ* *BZZT*"
Voltbot: "WELCOME TO VECTRON... *BZZT* "RUSTY."
Rusty: "... Joe?"
Voltbot: "PART OF JOE RESIDES IN OUR NEW BODY. HE MERGED WITH US FREELY. AND SOON, SO WILL YOU. WE ARE IN NEED OF A TRUE HEART. WE HAVE PREPARED YOU. STRIPPED YOU OF YOUR WEAK STEAMBOT SHELL. YOU ARE ALREADY MORE PART OF US THAN YOU ARE YOURSELF. *BZZT* WE WILL BE INVINCIBLE! THE VOLTBOT WILL RISE AND RULE."
Rusty: "You've prepared me, that's true. I'm prepared to stop you."
Voltbot: "THERE IS THAT HEART WE NEED. IF YOU WILL NOT GIVE IT FREELY... *BZZZZZZZZZZT*"
_{— Before the final battle between Rusty Voltbot}

SteamWorld Dig 2

Dorothy McCrank: "RUSTY?!"
Rusty: "D... Dot?"
Rosie: "You really shouldn't have come back here."
Dorothy McCrank: "What are you doing?! Let him go, Rosie!"
Rosie: "Do you know how many shiners were hurt capturin' him? He's a monster! Now he's just a battery in my mech-suit, and I'm finally strong enough to keep your kind out!"
Dorothy McCrank: "You lied to me!"
Rosie: "I used you! You're a tool! And I needed someone to disable those pesky devices. He built them to draw all the power from my Fusion Distillery... but no more! This reactor will give me what I need to control my kin... An endless supply of Moon Juice! They will have no reason to wander off. They will stay safe and show me the respect I deserve."
Fen: "Ah, so this is what you meant when you said shiners were deranged and dangerous."
Rusty: "The earthquakes... The reactor is unstable Vectron tech..."
Rosie: "NO, YOU'RE UNSTABLE! I'M FINALLY IN CONTROL!"
Dorothy McCrank: "You're insane!"
Rosie: "ENOUGH OF THIS!"
_{— Before the final battle between Dorothy McCrank and Rosie}

Dorothy McCrank: "RUSTY!"
Rusty: "The reactor... It's going to blow! The quakes will destroy everything... You must get out of here!"
Dorothy McCrank: "Scrap that! We'll make it out together!"
Fen: "Hey this thing is going haywire! Let's get out of here! Now!"
Dorothy McCrank: "Professor Sherman's Rocket! We need to get back up to town now!"
_{— After the final battle}

Unused Dialogue

SteamWorld Dig

???: "*BZZT* *BZZZ, BZZZZZZZZZ* *BZZT*"
Joe: "WELCOME TO VECTRON... *BZZT* "RUSTY."
Rusty: "... Joe? You look different."
Joe:"BY STUDYING THESE VOLTBOTS I LEARNED HOW TO SHED MY WEAK SHELL. LIKE THE STEAMBOT, THEY ARE THE CHILDREN OF HUMANITY. THE INGENUITY OF THEIR CONSTRUCTION IS AWE-INSPIRING. THE STEAMBOTS ARE NOT WORTHY HEIRS TO THE SURFACE. NOW THAT YOU HAVE TRAVELED THE SAME PATH AS ME, YOU ARE VOLTBOT TOO. AS SOON AS MY NEW BODY IS COMPLETE... *BZZT* WE SHALL RISE!"
Rusty: "Well, that was... original. I'm sorry, as long as I'm standing you will never reach the surface."
Joe:"YOUR WEAK STEAMBOT HEART WILL BE YOUR UNDOING. *BZZZZZZZZZZT*"
_{— Unused alternate Dialogue before the final battle between Rusty and Joe (instead of Voltbot)}