[earwicker7]

Assassins are fun, but I'm still a bit light on understanding their mechanics. I'm wondering what would happen in the following situation:

1. You have an assassin hiding in enemy territory.
2. The enemy has province defense.
3. The enemy has one commander.
4. You issue an "Assassinate" command.
5. You kill the leader, so there are no commanders left (other than province defense).

Would you automatically take over the province, or would you have to attack it on the next turn?

I'm also wondering if there is a way to tell if there is only province defense (and no commanders)in the province you are in without scrying... if your assassin has the "Assassinate" option, does that mean that there is a commander there (in other words, if there is no commander, will you be unable to issue the order, kind of like how you can't do a blood sacrifice without having blood slaves?) If there is no commander there, would you automatically attack the province defense commander, and, if successful (assuming only one province defense commander), then take over the province?