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I want to solve the "Missing in Action"-quest non-violently. It's said that I need an Legionaire Imperial armor set, my selfcrafted Imperial one failed. But where to get the items?

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Kill an Imperial Legionaire from one of the warcamps / random encounters? – Raven Dreamer♦ Nov 23 '11 at 3:54
@Raven Not very non-violently :) I want to buy, earn, or find it laying around somewhere. Stealthy stealing also may be an option as a last resort. But I do not want to aggressively attack someone who has no beef with me. – k0pernikus Nov 23 '11 at 9:53
Besides, I went to an Imperial camp, killed one of the guards, took his armor but still nu luck with the guards of the Missing in Action quest. I also tried killing everyone in the camp to see if I could get the Legate's armor set, but no such luck. – Zsub Dec 2 '11 at 8:48

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You can't. The linked answer is incorrect; such armor does not exist.

It's actually not possible to complete this quest peacefully. There is an Imperial Decree that is not available without the use of the console that appears to be the key to this quest, but it was apparently excluded from the game as the result of a bug or some other unknown reason. Not only is it not present in the actual game, but the console-obtained version doesn't do anything.

Source: UESP Quest Page

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The strategy guide says that there are 3 options.

  1. You kill everyone and rescue Thorald.
  2. You bring Avulstein Gray-Mane with you and kill everyone and rescue Thorald.
  3. You stealthily sneak into the Keep through the north side door that is a master lock.
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I just realized that the Prima Guide is really bad and doesn't have the correct answers because they didn't have enough time with the game. – Precog DragonBorn Nov 23 '11 at 0:35
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I've never had a good experience with the Prima Guides. – normanthesquid Nov 23 '11 at 15:00
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Actually this answer is correct. There is no such armor in game, so these are your only three options. – agf Dec 8 '11 at 11:38
There absolutely is armor called Imperial Legionnaires Armor, and I have read somewhere that it's the kind of armor you need to talk the Thalmor at Northwatch Keep to let Thorald go. Not sure if it works, but you can get a set of the armor when you start the game, i had sold mine though :( Went back to helgen to try and find some, but i couldnt, and i also tried the traders in solitude, with no luck. – user17386 Dec 30 '11 at 4:29
You could possibly try buying it back from whoever you sold it to, but I doubt they will still have it. – Jonny B Dec 30 '11 at 5:18
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Edited. UESP has conflicting information, attempted and failed. The option isn't available, but should be. Some programming error or something keeps it from working right. So, no not until it's patched or fixed either by Bethesda or modders. No peaceful solution exists, and there is no such armor. A book related to the quest can be gained using console commands, but it does nothing aside from take up inventory space.

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Pics or it didn't happen – bwarner Feb 1 '12 at 14:41
Working on confirming it, will link to screenshots if it works. This is one of the things the 4.1 patch is supposed to fix, and I've got the beta patch installed. I started a new game recently, so I have to go through the entire quest line to confirm it. – Contrabardus Feb 1 '12 at 21:33
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Well, UESP contradicts itself here, on the same page no less. However, it is correct that there is no peaceful way to do this as of yet. There is no such armor, only Imperial heavy armor. The 1.4 patch hasn't fixed the issue, and I noticed it was taken off the list of fixes slated for this patch. I suspect it will be addressed, as it was briefly amongst the list of things that was supposed to be addressed. Short answer, the only way to complete this peacefully is to wait for Bethesda to patch it, or mod the game later on with a fix for it from the ES Nexus. Neither option exists as of yet. – Contrabardus Feb 5 '12 at 2:06
Do you want to edit your answer to reflect what is in your comment? As it is, the answer still looks wrong. – bwarner Feb 5 '12 at 4:00

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