Solace Before Scarif

Solace Before Scarif is a work of 2018 Rogue One erotic fiction written by Kooriv. It pairs Jyn Erso and K-2SO, as well as Jyn and Cassian Jeron Andor, prior to the Battle of Scarif from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and was based on SBRO04 - Jyn & K-2SO and SBRO03 - Jyn and Cassian. It was released on August 6, 2018.

Development and release
Author Kooriv was directly inspired by two of Shabby Blue's erotic artworks featuring Jyn Erso and characters from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story&mdash;SBRO04 - Jyn & K-2SO and SBRO03 - Jyn and Cassian, both part of Shabby's Star Wars Spinoff Movies series&mdash;as well as previous pairings of female characters with droids, such as Leia Organa and Padmé Amidala with R2-D2, and Bastila Shan and HK-47 from Legends erotica works including SBCSW23 - Mauling the Meatbag and Kooriv's own "Mauling the Meatbag" erotic fiction. He noted similarities between the latter and "Solace Before Scarif" in the dirty talk between the principal characters and their bantering dialogue.

At the time of writing two previous Rogue One stories had been released&mdash;"The Eve of Scarif" by Milordrevan and "On Her Knees for the Rebel Alliance" by Kal Orin&mdash;which Kooriv made reference to and attempted to include in a loose timeframe of erotica events within the film's timeline; "Solace Before Scarif" is implied to take place on the morning after the events of both previous fics, and ends with the Rogue One squad departing Yavin 4 on their mission to Scarif.

The story was released to the Star Wars Erotica Forum and Kooriv's Fiction Archive on August 6, 2018.

Continuity and references

 * X-wing starfighters are said to have won skirmishes over Fresia and Lotha; the Battle of Fresia in the Legends continuity saw the Alliance secure X-wings for the first time, and Hera Syndulla's X-wing squadron carried out an attack on Lothal in Star Wars Rebels that marked the vessels' first use in that show. X-wings belonging to the Partisans and Cavern Angels are also seen in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, the latter as the crashed starfighter on the streets of Jedha City.
 * Jyn recalls throwing herself into trysts with Mon Mothma and Leia Organa on the previous night, referring to the events of "On Her Knees for the Rebel Alliance" and "The Eve of Scarif" respectively.
 * H-60 Tempest bombers were established as being present among the Massassi Group's forces in.
 * Members of base personnel refer to K-2SO as "Andor's pet droid" in the.
 * K-2 repeats his line from the film, "Cassian said I had to", in regards to accompanying Jyn to Scarif.
 * Jyn thinks back to her defilement in the Wobani Labor Camp, alluding to a future story.
 * Fathiers were introduced in Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi; smashball was first mentioned in the Legends novel ; and Ubardian oil wrestling was mentioned in, where it was watched on the Expansion Region planet of Sibensko. The physical appearance and clothing of the Ubardiani was derived from Gadde Neshurrion, the senator of Ubardia seen in Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens.
 * Drabatans and Gigorans were introduced in Rogue One, while Umgullian blobs appeared in.
 * Kerri Lessev appeared in, Nioma in the Rogue One novelization, and Targeter was the alias of Winter Celchu in Legends, and was mentioned as Leia's aide in "The Eve of Scarif". Kertas and Rismor accompanied Cassian to Wecacoe in , and the mention of an operation with Leia on Darkknell refers to a mention in of Cassian acting as a senatorial contact on the planet, itself a reference to  from Legends.
 * Jyn calls Leia by her given name, as the princess insisted at the end of "The Eve of Scarif".
 * K-2's impression of Cassian is a homage to the character's actor,, performing impressions of Cassian's actor during press appearances for Rogue One. Additionally, Cassian's dialogue referring to the "texture" of Jyn's skin pays homage to moments during the press tour when Luna expressed fondness for the character of Jabba Desilijic Tiure with a desire to touch the puppet to feel the texture of its skin.
 * Jyn recalls her relationship with Hadder Ponta on Skuhl, from, and again thinks back to the her tryst with Leia under a shower and in bed from "The Eve of Scarif".
 * Jyn's physical measurements were defined in The Essential Guide to Erotica Characters. The Dwartii Aurebesh Standard is the Star Wars analog of measuring bust sizes on an alphabetical scale.
 * An innkeeper and a passerby both flirted with Jyn on Five Points in Rebel Rising, which also established she spent a year on Takodana. An encounter with a "brash Corellian scoundrel" hints towards a future story.
 * Chief Argo first appeared in the Legends erotica story "Leia Lets Loose", and was brought into erotica canon in "The Ways of the Force". He was previously mentioned in "The Wookiee and the Princess" and "Chewie's Glory".
 * The Diego Moon pays homage to actor Diego Luna.
 * A Fulcrum agent was established to use Nuri as a contact point in "No Romance"; here it is suggested that safehouse has become a rebel cell.
 * The Cybot Galactica X-series phallic attachment recalls the Cybot X69 mechno-phallus from SBTPM11 - Goldenrod.
 * Chief Harisha Gulan was mentioned in The Rebel Files, and her part in K-2's reprogramming, as well as Cassian's modifications, were established in the droid's entry in The Essential Guide to Erotica Characters.
 * The fic uses K-2's reference to Jyn's behavior as "continually surprising" while on Scarif as a callback, giving Jyn herself the line in the first place.
 * Jyn again thinks back to her time with Hadder, referring to an implied sex scene from Rebel Rising in which he told her she could do anything she wanted to his body.