Assassination

Assassination is a mission type in Heat Signature. They are the only type available from Sovereign.

Goals
The purpose of this mission type is to kill an NPC abroad a ship. If a mission is Bloodless or otherwise prevents you from killing an enemy, it will specifically make an exception for your target.

Strategies

 * Lethal weapons are the simplest way of completing these missions, but more creative players can use gadgets like a Glitch trap or an Emergency shield to deal with a particularly nasty target, or just trick them into venting out a window and letting them die in space
 * If you only have non-lethal weapons than you can throw the unconscious body of the target out of a window


 * The target is sometimes a boss type enemy and may be differently prepared than other crew members


 * Unconscious crew members can killed in the pause screen, but you must be in close proximity to do so.