Legionary assassin

Fallout: New Vegas character
Legionary assassin
Lore
Race	Human
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Caesar's Legion
Role	Assassins
Gameplay
Location	Mojave Wasteland
Quests	Beware the Wrath of Caesar!
Other
Dialogue	VEFR02LegionThugLeaderCM.txt
Voice actor	Yuri Lowenthal Ari Rubin Shane Johnson
Appearances	Fallout: New Vegas
SPECIAL	6 ST, 5 PE, 5 EN, 6 CH, 4 IN, 4 AG, 5 LK
Tag skills	Guns Melee Weapons Unarmed
Level	Leader/Praetorian: 7 → 45 Elite Veteran: 7 → 45 (Player level x 1.1) Vexillarius: 5 → 20 (Player level x 0.9) Veteran: 10
Karma	Evil
Perks	Praetorian: Toughness: (10% Damage Resistance) Elite Veteran: Toughness: (10% Damage Resistance)
Misc stats	Leader: Hit Points: 130 → 320 DT: 7 → 13 Praetorian: Hit Points: 130 → 320 DT: 12 (Praetorian armor) DT: ? → 23 (Centurion armor) Elite Veteran: Hit Points: 155 → 345 DT: 12 → 13 (Veteran Armor) DT: ? → 23 (Centurion armor) Vexillarius: Hit Points: 110 → 210 DT: ? → 15 Veteran: Hit Points: 145 DT: 12 → 13
Form ID	0016340D (leader) 0016340E 0016340F 00163410 00163411
Ref ID	00163414 (leader) 00163413 00163415 00163416 00163417

 

“The Caesar has marked you for death, and the Legion obeys! Ready yourself for battle!”— Legionary assassin, before attacking the Courier

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 type of group is composed of:

• 1x decanus (leader)
• 2x veteran legionaries
• 1x vexillarius

The second type of group is for eliminating Caesar's greater enemies, composed of:

• 1x Centurion (leader)
• 1x prime decanus
• 1x veteran legionary
• 1x vexillarius

The last type of group is for Caesar's greatest, most hated enemies, composed of:

• 1x praetorian guard (leader)
• 1x veteran decanus
• 1x veteran legionary
• 1x vexillarius

During these assassination missions, Praetorian Guards are allowed to use firearms 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:

• a veteran legionary
• a centurion
• a praetorian guard

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.

They will have weapons and armor depending on your standing with Caesar'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 a 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.

Interactions with the player character

Interactions overview

Interactions
	This character is involved in quests.	Beware the Wrath of Caesar!

Inventory

Decanus

Apparel	Weapon	Other items	On death
Player level: <10 Legion recruit armor and recruit decanus helmet Player level: 10-20 Legion prime armor and Prime decanus helmet Player level: 20-30 Legion veteran armor and veteran decanus helmet	Player level: <10 10mm pistol and machete Player level: 10-20 Sawed-off shotgun and machete and throwing spears Player level: 20-30 Hunting shotgun or sniper rifle and machete	Purified water, antivenom, Legion Denarius, healing powder, various food items

Vexillarius

Apparel	Weapon	Other items	On death
Legion vexillarius armor Vexillarius helmet	Player level: <10 9mm pistol and machete Player level: 10-20 9mm SMG and machete Player level: 20-30 10mm SMG or Marksman carbine or assault carbine, and Ripper	Bitter drink, antivenom, Legion Denarius

Centurion

Apparel	Weapon	Other items	On death
Legion centurion armor and Legion centurion helmet	Player level: <10 9mm SMG or caravan shotgun or .44 Magnum revolver and super sledge and dynamite or Long-fuse dynamite Player level: 10-20 Hunting rifle and super sledge or thermic lance and frag grenade	Legion Denarius, purified water, antivenom, healing powder

Praetorian

Apparel	Weapon	Other items	On death
Legion praetorian armor	Player level: 10-20 Trail carbine and frag grenade and plasma grenade or pulse grenade Player level: 20-30 12.7mm submachine gun and C-4 plastic explosive	Legion Denarius, bitter drink, antivenom, healing powder

Veteran

Apparel	Weapon	Other items	On death
Legion veteran armor and Veteran helmet	Player level: 10-20 12.7mm pistol and super sledge and dynamite or frag grenade and pulse grenade Player level: 20-30 Brush gun and super sledge or thermic lance and C-4 plastic explosive	Cave fungus, Legion Denarius, purified water, antivenom, healing powder

Spawn points

• Directly North of the Fast-travel point at the Nipton Road pit stop, behind a rock.
• At the Ivanpah underpass near the Mojave Outpost (up top and near the middle so they can attack from either approach).
• On the highway directly behind Wolfhorn ranch (this can make sleeping at Wolfhorn difficult unless you remember that you will be in a fight each morning).
• Across the tracks from Ranger station Charlie.
• On the highway between Novac and El Dorado gas & service (about the time you pass Southern Nevada Wind Farm).
• From behind El Dorado gas & service.
• From Between REPCONN headquarters and the NCR Ranger safehouse.
• From the western end of the bridge between Cassidy Caravans wreckage and the Grub n' Gulp rest stop (will attack in either direction).
• Just south of Fields' shack, across the tracks are some squatters around a burning barrel. Spawn is south of them, east of the New Vegas medical clinic.
• Go to Griffin Wares sacked caravan and move northwest to the road that opens into the Ruby Hill mine area. This group will also attack if the courier remains too long in the area of the Followers safehouse.
• Between Chance's map and the mouth of Red Rock Canyon.
• On the train tracks north of Nipton (just slightly north of the coyote den).
• Just outside of Vault 11 in the direction of El Dorado substation.
• North of the Emergency service railyard.
• North of the raided farmstead.

Notes

• If the player character also has a bad reputation with the New California Republic, NCR Ranger hit squads can also be encountered at the same time as Legionary assassins.
• The earliest opportunity for Assassins to begin tracking the player character is while traveling towards Novac, where they will attack the Courier if they kill the Caesar's Legionaries and Vulpes Inculta at Nipton.
• Legionary assassin parties can end up inadvertently attacking outposts or NCR garrisons such as the 188 Trading Post while tracking the Courier.
• If a player character's reputation with Caesar's Legion is vilified, the initial dialogue with the assassins may no longer occur, even with the Terrifying Presence perk. It is advisable to carefully navigate one's surroundings if several 'friendly' ticks appear on one's compass close together, as it could be a pack of assassins that will immediately turn hostile as soon as they spot the player character. This means that one will not able to get the first shot (via dialogue), unless one sees them coming. If this is not the case, they could quickly kill a level 20-30 Courier who is unaware of their location.
• The initial dialogue with legion assassins may not occur if Boone is in the party, because Boone will shoot them before the dialogue is triggered, turning them immediately hostile.
• If a player character's reputation is under vilified, assassins will usually initiate dialogue and can be scared off through a Terrifying Presence dialogue choice. The lead Legionary will ask the Courier, "Do you ever give up?" to which the may reply "Not while there's still spines unshattered.". This will cause them to cry for help, and flee.
• Groups of Legionary assassins may be attacked by other creatures at their spawning point or when tracking the player character. This can result in a three or even four-way battle between the player character, the assassins, and creatures or other factions.
• Groups of assassins can occasionally spawn on terrain impassable to non-player characters (such as on mountains or in valleys), in which case they can turn non-hostile as if the player character had hidden from them. This may be associated with the "lead", dialogue-initiating assassin being unable to approach the player character due to terrain, since other assassins are non-hostile until the leader concludes dialogue.
• Legion assassin teams commonly spawn at the Easternmost Powder Ganger camp, but only charge in once the player character has engaged the Powder Gangers, if hostile. This can lead to the player character being caught in a crossfire between both sides.
• Legionary assassins often ambush players fast traveling to El Dorado Gas & Service.
• If the player character's reputation with Caesar's Legion is Vilified, and the player character is at a high level, assassins appear more frequently (about one group every day, attacking the player character).
• Assassins will not spawn while the player character is wearing faction armor that affects Legion reputation (e.g. NCR ranger patrol armor or Legion Recruit Armor)
• They do not drop Legion Ears when killed, making them useless for the unmarked quest An Ear to the Ground.
• Legionary Assassin attacks do not occur randomly. For example, if a player fast travels to a location and is ambushed by assassins, they will still ambush the player if a save is reloaded and the location traveled to again.
• Legionary assassins may sometimes spawn outside Ranger station Charlie, causing a crossfire between a Ranger and the assassins.
• They may spawn atop HELIOS One after the Courier has activated the reflector control panel for That Lucky Old Sun.
• Legionary assassins may be carrying blocks of C-4 plastic explosive, but they never seem to be equipped with detonators, making the explosives useless.

Appearances

Legionary assassins appear only in Fallout: New Vegas.

Bugs

• PC Playstation 3 Xbox 360 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 5-11) instead of the middle or end of the game.^[verified]
• PC Playstation 3 Xbox 360 After a while the Legionary assassins may permanently disappear from the game no longer appearing in-game.^[verified]
• PC Fast-traveling before the assassins become hostile may cause them to despawn instead of tracking the Courier to their new location.^[verified]

Gallery

Various Legionary assassins

Caesar's Legion Members Leaders Caesar · Legate Lanius · Malpais Legate (2247-2277) · Praetorian Lucius · Salt-Upon-Wounds · Frumentarius Vulpes Inculta Centurions Centurion Aurelius of Phoenix · Centurion Gaius Magnus · Centurion Silus Legionaries and Frumentarii Legionaries: Decanus Alexus · Houndmaster Antony · Legionary Atticus · Beast · Blade · Blister · Bonesaw · Slave Master Canyon Runner · Decanus Dead Sea · Cursor Lucullus · Lupa · Legionary Otho · Decanus Severus Frumentarii: Alerio · Cato Hostilius · Gabban · Karl · Picus · Disguised frumentarius · Ulysses (formerly) Consul: M. Licinius Crassus · M. Scribonius Libo Drusus (of the consul) Van Buren Legion members: Centurion Caius Drusus · Bares His Teeth · Cruz · Ivory · Terrence · Thunderfoot Generic Blacksmith · Centurion · Legionary assassin · Legion explorer · Legionary instructor · Praetorian guard · Prime decanus · Prime legionary · Recruit decanus · Recruit legionary · Slave · Veteran decanus · Veteran legionary · Vexillarius Locations Arizona Arizona Spillway · Blackfoot Village · Dry Wells · Flagstaff · Grand Canyon · Phoenix · Two-Sun (University of Arizona) · Willow Beach Colorado Denver Mojave Wasteland Caesar's Legion safehouse · Cottonwood Cove · Fortification Hill · Legate's Camp · Legion raid camp · Nelson Utah Great Salt Lake · Salt Lake City · Spanish Fork · Syracuse Other Fort Abandon Tribes Assimilated Blackfoot · Fredonians · Hangdogs · Hidebarks · Kaibabs · Sun Dogs · Twisted Hairs · Painted Rock Prospective White Legs · Great Khans Formerly Prospective Dead Horses Exterminated Ridgers · Twin Mothers Miscellaneous Related Articles List of tribes assimilated by Caesar's Legion · Glossary of Caesar's Legion terms · Caesar's Legion military hierarchy · Legion currency · Mars · Officiorum ab Famulatus · Frumentarii · Red Okie Centuria Wars, Battles and Incidents NCR-Legion War (Battle of Arizona Spillway · Battle of Arizona Spillway · Battle of Nelson · First Battle of Hoover Dam · Massacre of Nipton · Searchlight Sabotage · Second Battle of Hoover Dam) · Legion Wars of Expansion Non-Prospective Allies Courier (possibly) · Omertas · Fiends