Legionary Assassin

Legionary assassins are high-end assassins living in the Mojave Wasteland in 2281. They work for Caesar's Legion.

Background
Legionary assassins are small groups of four elite killers for Caesar, usually led by a Decanus, a Praetorian Guard or a centurion, dispatched to eliminate the Legion's enemies.

First group are composed of:
 * 1x Recruit Decanus (leader)
 * 2x Veteran legionaries
 * 1x Vexillarius

The second group are for most important Caesar Legion's enemies, composed of:
 * 1x Centurion (leader)
 * 1x Prime Decanus
 * 1x Veteran legionary
 * 1x Vexillarius

The last group is for the Caesar Legion's worst enemies, composed of:
 * 1x Praetorian Guard (leader)
 * 1x Veteran Decanus
 * 1x Veteran legionary
 * 1x Vexillarius

Also during these assassination missions, Praetorian Guards are allowed to use firearms additionally or in the place of their unarmed weapons.

Characteristics
Legionary assassins begin to appear if the player obtains a Shunned or worse status with Caesar's Legion. They will travel across the wasteland from their original spawn point towards the player's current location, not stopping until they finally encounter the player. As a result, they can end up attacking the player almost anywhere in the wasteland. Assassins may also attack other non-player characters they pass near while searching for the player, such as NCR settlements or traveling merchants (as with all non-player character vs non-player character combat, this only occurs if the player is currently in the same active map cell as the non-player characters).

Legionary assassins typically attack in 4-man groups; a Recruit-Prime-Veteran Decanus, a Legion Vexillarius, one Veteran legionary and after: Legionary assassins may also appear after aiding the Legion's enemies, namely the NCR, by successfully completing the quests Three-Card Bounty, I Put a Spell on You, I Don't Hurt Anymore, or any other quest that improves the reputation of the player with the NCR.
 * a veteran legionary
 * a centurion
 * a Praetorian Guard

They will have weapons and armor depending on your standing with Casear's Legion and your level. They can range from simple 9mm pistols, caravan shotguns and machetes to 12.7mm pistols and sub-machine guns, assault and Marksman carbines, brush guns, thermic lances and super sledges.

As of patch 1.4.0.525, Legionary assassins level with the player, up to level 45. At higher levels this gives them very high health on par with an non-player character companion. Additionally, the Praetorian and Veteran assassin may be equipped with Legion centurion armor instead, making them all the more difficult to kill.

Appearances
Legionary assassins appear only in Fallout: New Vegas.

Bugs

 * Legionary assassins are better equipped with high-tier weapons and armor (e.g. centurion armor, super sledge or thermic lances) from the early game (levels 7-11) instead of the middle or end of the game.
 * Legionary assassins may be carrying blocks of C-4 plastic explosive, but they never seem to be equipped with detonators, making the explosives useless (though highly lucrative for the player after they are defeated).
 * Wearing NCR faction armor seems to prevent Legion assassins from appearing even if you have a Shunned or worse reputation with the Legion. Just taking off the armor or switching to another armor before entering areas where assassins normally spawn seems to fix this problem.
 * After awhile the Legion Assassins may permanently disappear from the game no longer appearing in-game.

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