Crimson Dragoon

The Crimson Dragoons are China's elite troops. According to rumor, they begin military training from birth. They are equipped with Chinese stealth armor, Chinese officer's swords, and Chinese assault rifles.

Inventory
* When their bodies are searched via the console, Crimson Dragoons yield Brotherhood of Steel holotags.

Attributes
Crimson Dragoons level with the player and are generally on par with a Brotherhood of Steel Knight or Paladin in terms of skill and durability. Their cloaking-field generating Stealth Armor allows them to pose a unique threat. With a few exceptions, most Crimson Dragoons will idle in sneak mode until the player passes them, making them very difficult to detect at a glance. Once the player's back is turned, they will attack.

Furthermore, even if the player spots one before they get ready to attack, V.A.T.S. is completely useless, because as long as they remain in stealth, all parts of the body show 0%, meaning the only way to attack them while in stealth is to fire the gun without V.A.T.S. Once they attack however, V.A.T.S. once again becomes an extremely viable option.

Even though you can't use V.A.T.S. to attack them while they are in stealth mode, you can use it to spot them before they become hostile. If you spot them far enough away, you can use the sniper rifle outside of V.A.T.S. and gain a sneak attack critical on them (this is usually enough to eliminate them). Crimson Dragoons typically won't move from their spot until you're close, which means if you know where they are, they become very easy targets to hit.

Crimson Dragoons armed with Chinese Officer's Swords have enhanced speed, and move significantly faster than normal human NPCs.

Appearances
s appear only in the Operation: Anchorage add-on pack.

Behind the scenes

 * Historically, a dragoon is a type of infantry trained to fight on foot as well as on horseback, but eventually came to refer to a kind of medium cavalry. In modern parlance, the term is usually applied to armored regiments.

Bugs

 * Sometimes when using V.A.T.S on the Crimson Dragoons while they are in stealth mode you may not be able to exit V.A.T.S in addition to the fact that you can not attack, leaving you stuck there. (on the P.C. version this can be solved using the "killall" console command.)
 * Crimson Dragoons armed with assault rifles do not level properly and are extremely weak compared to the ones armed with swords, or Chinese Snipers. It is unclear whether this is deliberate, or due to an error in their NPC data.
 * There is a chance that after killing a Crimson Dragoon, his corpse will not disappear. The corpse cannot be looted, and any allies will continue shooting at the corpse as if it were still alive. (This has happened on the PC version, with the Bloody Mess perk, but it is unsure whether the bug was caused by Bloody Mess)

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