Solace

Solace is one of the five core members of the Bomb Rush Crew, being the one that joins the crew last but appears throughout the game. With markings similar to a crash test dummy and describing himself as a “claustrophobic masochist”, this strange writer ends up being a very important part of the story.
== Role in the Story ==
BRC meet Solace for the first time in Brink Terminal. On entering the area, they find some of the Eclipse members talking to a dumpster. The two members leave soon afterwards, saying they’ll deal with the “trashkid” later. Once BRC approach the same dumpster, someone inside politely asks that they don’t kick it. Disregarding that request leads to the crew discovering Solace inside. From his dialog and the Eclipse member referring to him as “trashkid”, it’s implied they were the ones that put him in the dumpster in the first place.
Tryce ends up introducing himself and the rest of BRC to Solace, including mention of how they’re trying to get Red’s head back and want to challenge Eclipse. Solace offers to bring Eclipse to them and skates off. Meanwhile, Tryce thinks they shouldn’t wait for him and decides they should go ahead with gaining REP in the terminal.
Later on, it turns out Tryce made the right call, since the player can find Solace chained upside down to a large fence. Said fence also blocks the way to the central tower of the terminal, which seems to act as Eclipse’s own hideout. From his dialog, Solace implies that Eclipse themselves tied him up. He mentions how they “probably had a really good reason” to put him there, but also that they aren’t that bad. Still, he asks BRC to try and talk to Eclipse about getting him down from the fence, also mentioning that it’s fine if they don’t want to bother helping him.
Once BRC gains enough REP in the borough, Eclipse head off back to their tower hideout. In the process, they take down the fence leading to the tower. Solace is also let down from the fence as a result, though less being helped down and moreso being allowed to unceremoniously drop onto the ground. Even after that, if the player talks to Solace before heading to the tower, Solace insists that the Eclipse members “must be nice deep down” if a person gets to know them better, before running off to a different part of the terminal on his own.
The next time Solace is seen in the story, it’s just before entering the mall. When BRC arrive at the entrance and find it blocked by a speaker barrier, Solace gets their attention from a nearby cramped alcove. When Bel asks what he’s doing there, he responds that he likes it in there because he’s claustrophobic. Tryce assumes Solace is using that term wrong, but he further explains that he is specifically a “claustrophobic masochist”, thus being in such a tight space is also comfortable to him. Tryce refuses to speak to Solace further, but if the player interacts with Solace at this point, he’ll direct them to talk with the Oldhead across the street to get the speakers down.
After this, Solace is not seen again until right after the crew battle with Devil Theory on Pyramid Island. BRC were warned by one of the Devil Theory members that DJ Cyber will now come to deal with them. The crew hear a loud banging noise, thinking it’s the DJ himself, but it turns out to be Solace, who falls out of a nearby outhouse. He apologizes if he’s “in the way”, though also mentions how he enjoyed being in such a cramped space. Tryce cuts him off, also calling him a degenerate in the process.
While Bel is on her phone, Solace gets up and looks over her shoulder, seeing the selfie she took with the mysterious face inside of Red’s cyberhead. Solace insists that the person in question is actually his friend. He is being questioned about how he knows that person, but is interrupted by Vinyl screaming. This leads into the cutscene where Vinyl is trapped in the island’s central cylinder, and Red challenges DJ Cyber himself to a 1v1 fight.
Once Red wins the fight and regains more of his memories, he realizes that he is Felix, a legendary writer who was part of the Big 3 alongside DJ Cyber and Faux. Solace is there alongside the rest of the crew and the DJ, still insisting that he and Felix were friends and that Felix was always nice to him. However, Red (now being referred to as Red Felix), admits that he doesn’t remember Solace at all.
Despite the awkwardness, Solace asks if he can join BRC. Tryce bluntly says no, but Bel effectively vetoes him and allows Solace into their crew. He is thus with them back at their hideout while they go over their next plan, namely to gain control of Mataan as part of going All City. If spoken to at the hideout, Solace will offer to distract FUTURISM as a way of helping out. While in Mataan itself, if the player speaks to him, Solace will offer advice and try to help as best as he can.
At the end of the final dream stage, it is revealed that Solace told Felix about one of his favorite spots, specifically a very cramped space at the top of a particular building. One night, the legendary writer did some graffiti near there, which led to Solace witnessing Felix’s murder at the hands of Faux. Solace also admits that because of that, he doesn’t like to be at that location anymore.
Shortly after the end of the dream stage, Faux himself appears, having hooked himself up to a walking tank. BRC sees that he’s thrashed Devil Theory, having apparently double-crossed them after making some sort of deal. Before Faux can wipe them out for good, Solace actually gets in-between Faux and Devil Theory, trying to shield the latter.
Solace recognizes Faux as the one who knocked Felix off of a building. Despite Tryce warning him not to say anything, Solace points out Red Felix, telling Faux that he failed to kill the legendary writer after all. This causes Faux to go after Red Felix instead, leading into the boss fight against Faux in the walking tank.
Unfortunately, even after being defeated, he comes back in a much larger and more serpent-like tank. He manages to rip Red Felix’s head off, tossing aside his own old body. He then states he’ll just take a younger body instead, proceeding to kidnap Solace for that purpose and fleeing deeper into Mataan. While chasing after Faux, Solace will actually send a message to the player, asking for them to help save him as long as it's not too much trouble.
Once the rest of BRC have caught up, Felix fights and defeats Faux, landing the final blow as a headbutt directly to Faux’s head. As both Faux and Felix are falling, Solace manages to use his boostpack to save Felix, leaving Faux to fall to his presumed death.
Afterwards, Solace is show back at the hideout with the rest of BRC, hanging out under a table while Bel takes photos of him. He also joins in on the dance party at the end to celebrate BRC going All City.
==Outfits==
See also: Outfits
His spring and summer outfits are unlocked by default.
His autumn outfit is found in Mataan, at the end of a set of wires in the main corridor area. They are specifically near the "island" in this part of the city. His winter outfit is also in this part of Mataan, on top of the same "island" here.
==Gallery==
Solace Gallery	
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File:Solace Autumn Ref.png|Autumn outfit
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File:SolaceCutscene2.jpg|This looks like it's going to hurt...
File:SolaceCutscene3.jpg|Yeah, ouch.
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File:SolaceCutscene14.jpg|And to think, Faux might have gotten away with it if it weren't for Solace
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File:SolaceCutscene16.jpg|Yes you!
File:SolaceSpringTexture.png|Texture file for Solace's Spring palette
File:SolaceSummerTexture.png|Texture file for Solace's Summer palette
File:SolaceAutumnTexture.png|Texture file for Solace's Autumn palette
File:SolaceWinterTexture.png|Texture file for Solace's Winter palette	
==Trivia==
* Solace shares the same voice actor as Faux.
* In the game's files, his textures and model are labeled as "dummy", likely in reference to how the markings on his face and chest resemble the ones for crash test dummies.
* In the hideout during the postgame, when Solace is spoken to, he will move to different parts of the area a couple of times. He starts off sitting next to a pillar on the second floor, then under a ramp on the ground floor, then behind some speakers on the ground floor. He will eventually settle under one of the tables in the middle of the hideout, near where Vinyl and Felix are sitting.
* Based on one of Faux's lines in Mataan leading up to the final boss fight, Solace is younger than Faux, or at least young enough in comparison for Faux to comment on it. Other than that and the Flesh Prince being a teenager (as confirmed by a developer), there's no other specific indications about any of the characters' ages.
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