I'm doing Render Unto Caesar. NCR gave their 3-day warning and then sent Rangers. The first fight was pretty funny, I got attacked at Grub n' Gulp, the proprietors got involved, the brahmin got involved, and I ran into a herd of other bovines, all trying to kill me. But I didn't get the Rangers, and I didn't know where they went. Then as I was traveling through the same area, I was attacked by the Rangers. After an unpleasant slogging match, I finally killed them. But then I got attacked again outside of Novac! I really don't want to fight a new group every hour, how can I avoid it other than always fast-traveling?