Okay so there was a quest where i needed to meet an NPC in the fuckass middle of nowhere and when I came to meet him a Giant Radscorpion was nearby, setting the NPC in a "flee" state making me unable to interact with him and give him the package.

I kill the Radscorpion and then suddenly fail the quest. Huh? Oh it ends up that he ran into ANOTHER hostile enemy (a golden gecko this time) and it killed him.

I reload a quicksave, follow him and kill the golden gecko, and then he continues running INTO THE AGGRO RANGE OF A FUCKING DEATHCLAW.

AND THEN THE LEGION ATTACKED ME.