ED-E My Love

 is a quest in Fallout: New Vegas.

Quick walkthrough
to hear a recording made by Whitley, an Enclave researcher at Adams Air Force Base. He is sending ED-E, a special prototype for a combat Eyebot, to Navarro for further upgrades.


 * 1) Recruit ED-E in Primm.
 * 2) Speak to Old Lady Gibson at Gibson Scrapyard, Michael Angelo on The Strip, Doctor Henry in Jacobstown or Major Polatli in Camp Forlorn Hope to hear a recording made by Whitley, an Enclave researcher at Adams Air Force Base. He is sending ED-E, a special prototype for a combat Eyebot, to Navarro for further upgrades. This message can also be triggered by talking to some of the people in the room with Lorenzo or speaking to a non-subtitle/non-conversation Brotherhood of Steel soldier
 * 3) * If you have used all the dialog options for Old Lady Gibson prior to recruiting ED-E, you cannot continue the quest with her.
 * 4) Wait at least 5 in-game days. If you're playing in Hardcore Mode, watch out for your dehydration level.
 * 5) Speak to Ignacio Rivas at HELIOS One, Michael Angelo, Thomas Hildern, or Doctor Henry, or Quartermaster Mayes at Camp Forlorn Hope to trigger Log 2's message.
 * 6) *This is also triggered when the terminal in the front lobby is accessed to learn of the Archimedes Project and then subsequently talking to an NCR guard further back in the complex.
 * 7) *Another trigger can occur if ED-E and Veronica are with the Courier as they undergo the quest I Could Make You Care. Promptly after downloading the data from Elijah's terminal in Gibson's Shack, the following conversation with Veronica will mention Thomas Hildern by name. Immediately after she finishes, the second playback begins.
 * 8) Wait at least 2 in-game days.
 * 9) Talk to ED-E to hear Knight Lorenzo's message. Immediately following the conclusion of Lorenzo's message, April Martimer will cut in and make a counter-offer on behalf of the Followers of the Apocalypse.
 * 10) * If you have completed Classic Inspiration for Michael Angelo and exhausted his dialog options, you may not be able to use him to obtain ED-E's messages. (If you have only started the quest, but only have the quest related dialog available, threatening to kill him for his caps will enable the next log, but you will also fail the quest.)
 * 11) Decide whether you'd like to upgrade ED-E's weapons (FoA) or armor (BoS).
 * 12) * WARNING - Empty ED-E's inventory before handing it over to the FoA or BoS; otherwise, you will lose all items in its inventory.
 * 13) Take ED-E either to the Mormon Fort in Freeside to upgrade its weapon, or to the Hidden Valley BoS Bunker to upgrade its armor.
 * 14) Wait 4 in-game days, you will get a message saying "ED-E has returned to Primm". He should approach you upon re-entering Primm. Either that or he will be in the Nash Residence.

Notes:
 * The number of days of in-game waiting are confirmed to be correct.
 * OPTIONAL: Go to REPCONN Headquarters and recover mission tapes from the dead BoS patrol.
 * In order to talk to ED-E and listen to the message from April Martimer, you may have to go back to Novac after obtaining the mission tapes from the BOS soldiers. At first, if you don't return to Novac you will only have a quest arrow pointing you towards Hidden Valley. In some cases, you might have to discover Hidden Valley if you have not already done so.
 * On PC, Xbox 360 and ps3, when Lorenzo contacts you through ED-E, he will inform his interest in examining your Eyebot. However, after he mentions what he wants, and instead of saying, "Whenever you get a chance, can you bring your robot back to hidden valley so I can take a look at it?" a male voice with an accent without the radio filter effects will say, "Could you bring your robot to one of our patrols so they can examine it? I'll have the robot mark the location on your map."

Detailed walkthrough
ED-E's keywords can be triggered through old conversation as well as new.

Obtaining ED-E
Get ED-E in Primm in the Nash residence, the building on the right hand side after walking into Primm from the broken bridge and moving straight ahead until you see a dead courier, the courier is propped up against the house.

To fix the robot you need one of either:
 * 65 repair
 * 55 science and 35 repair
 * 1 scrap electronics, 3 scrap metals, and 2 sensor modules.

ED-E
ED-E was built by an Enclave researcher. It contains research data as well as voice recordings from Whitley, an Enclave researcher. Unfortunately, ED-E has seen better days. The damage inflicted upon it has made accessing that information troublesome. Luckily, playback of the voice recordings can be triggered if ED-E hears certain keywords spoken by NPCs you meet in your travels.

Playback Event Triggers
There are two pre-recorded messages ED-E needs to play back before the quest can progress. Triggers usually occur while talking to someone who used to be in the Enclave, or who talks about the Enclave, or who talks about important technology. So far these events have triggered playback, more will follow when found: People will not cause triggers to occur if you have already completed a quest for them.

Log 1
''Subject E: Diagnosis complete. Begin Recording. My name is Whitley...''

To trigger this message, do one of the following:
 * Talk to Old Lady Gibson at Gibson Scrap Yard. NOTE: If you've already gone through her conversation options, you will have talk to someone else to trigger this message.
 * Repeatedly talk to an NCR Trooper standing outside of HELIOS One. You can also gain the HELIOS One quest, and talk to several Troopers inside to trigger Log 1.
 * Talk to Doctor Henry at Jacobstown about his experience with the Enclave.
 * Talk to Colonel Moore for the first assignment in the quest in For the Republic, Part 2.
 * Talk to Ignacio Rivas at Helios One about Archimedes and The Brotherhood of Steel
 * Talk to Torres, the quartermaster of the Brotherhood of Steel armory in Hidden Valley.
 * Talk to Thomas Hildern, director of the OSI at McCarran.
 * Talk to Michael Angelo at Michael Angelo's Workshop on The Strip.

Log 2
''Download complete. Begin recording. Navarro outpost scientists...''

To trigger this message, wait five in-game days after triggering the first message then do one of the following:
 * Talk to Ignacio Rivas in the NW corner of HELIOS One near Fantastic and ask him about ARCHIMEDES.
 * Listen to the brotherhood scribe teach his class.
 * Speak with Veronica Santangelo while on the quest I Could Make You Care and after accessing Father Elijah's terminal.
 * When trying to gain the Brotherhood of Steel trust (without the help of Veronica), a keyword is spoken after killing or convincing the NCR ranger to leave Hidden Valley.
 * When you first talk to Michael Angelo on his workshop at the New Vegas Strip. Talk about his "lack of inspiration" and choose the medical answer. (It will still work even if the requirements aren't fulfilled).
 * Complete Still in the Dark, leave Bunker L1, and return again after waiting a few days. A BoS Scribe will thank you and tell you of a footlocker stashed with recharged energy ammo. If you try to talk to this BoS Scribe again, ED-E will immediately play the message.
 * Talk to Quartermaster Mayes at Camp Forlorn Hope about locating supplies sent from Helios One for the Restoring Hope quest.
 * Talk to Doctor Henry at Jacobstown about his previous employment with the Enclave.
 * Talk to Watkins about her parents and her decision.
 * Talk to Dr. Hildern at Camp McCarran about the quest There Stands the Grass.
 * Sometimes just hanging around with the Brotherhood of Steel in Hidden Valley will trigger the event.
 * Talk to a Brotherhood of Steel paladin around Hidden Valley and they will proclaim they haven't seen this type of eyebot before and it will trigger.
 * Take ED-E to Vault 22

Unknown Log

 * Talk to Senior Knight Lorenzo in Hidden Valley.
 * Talk to Quartermaster Mayes at Camp Forlorn Hope about retrieving NCR Dogtag.

Additional Log Notes

 * The logs can be found in almost any order, such as finding Log 2 at Jacobstown instead of at HELIOS One.
 * Other possible keywords have been reported as being: Enclave, Navarro, Poseidon, Helios, and Archimedes.
 * If Lorenzo has already been killed as a result of Mr. House's The House Always Wins (Part V) waiting two days after talking to Ignacio Rivas and talking to ED-E will trigger April Martimer to contact you without having to travel to the REPCONN Headquarters.
 * A way to incorporate another companion to help in this is to have Arcade Gannon present, as his personal quest being undertaken will result in many of the key words being spoken.
 * Using the "wait" feature will also speed up ED-E's speech events. Use the wait feature in increments of 1 hour inside Old Lady Gibson's house and after that anywhere else in the world.
 * It is possible to get both Logs 1 and 2 from Doctor Henry in Jacobstown.
 * It is possible to initiate a log by talking to Mayes, the quartermaster at Camp Forlorn Hope.
 * It is possible to be contacted by Brotherhood and the Followers without obtaining all three logs.

Conclusion and Reward
Two in-game days after the second recorded message is triggered, Senior Knight Lorenzo of the Brotherhood of Steel will contact you through ED-E.

"Uh... Hello. Hi. Are you there? ..." (the message continues and ends with a Russian janitorial voice-over as a placeholder for Lorenzo)

If you already completed "Still in the Dark" mission, following step will jump to stage 5 and 6 (two object in world map). It will skip stage 2,3,4 Note:April Martimer will NOT contact you until you have discovered Hidden Valley. She is located in the Old Mormon Fort (just inside Freeside's North Gate) and would like you to bring ED-E to her instead. The person you choose to take ED-E to will determine the outcome of the quest. If the Brotherhood examines ED-E, ED-E will get a defense bonus (+8 DT). Also, ED-E will have the bumper stickers, rust and dirt removed, revealing a shiny metallic surface. If you take ED-E to April Martimer she offers to upgrade ED-E's weapons (+5 DAM, +8 DPS, +0.5% Crit Chance and +15 Crit Damage) also ED-E will have the bumper stickers removed and his weapon will change (Note: As of patch 1.02, this information is inaccurate). Whoever examines ED-E will require 3-4 days to do so and you will lose ED-E as a companion during this duration. When ED-E is returned to you his inventory will be reset, so it would be wise to clean out his inventory before giving him up for the few days. When the wait to get ED-E is over, the quest advances and a message will appear saying you can pick ED-E back up in Primm to complete the quest.
 * He goes on to say he'd like to examine ED-E and wants you to bring it to a patrol near REPCONN Headquarters. Head there and proceed to the 3rd floor.  There you discover that the  Brotherhood Scouting party has been killed.  There is a Holotape note on one of the dead members.  Immediately after you acquire this note, you will be contacted by one April Martimer of the Followers of the Apocalypse.

Note: Either option will not affect the Courier's standing with the the Brotherhood of Steel or the Followers of the Apocalypse, so the choice purely weighs on what bonus is more imperative to the player.

Bugs

 * If the PC talks to Old Lady Gibson and go through all the dialog before you have ED-E, she will no longer trigger the log. Go speak with Ignacio Rivas or any NCR Trooper outside HELIOS One instead. This can be resolved on the PC version by using the command in the console to reset.
 * Talking about Archimedes II without having ED-E seems to cause problems too, going back after getting him doesn't trigger anything.
 * Note after completing That Lucky Old Sun, if the player returns to Ignacio Rivas with ED-E as a companion, when ask him about Archimedes again after asking "Why are you still here" the game will crash when ED-E's quest log updates.
 * If talking to Ignacio Rivas doesn't trigger the next log try going to Jacobstown and talking to Dr. Henry about his past as an Enclave Scientist.
 * It is possible to resolve issues with missing dialog using the following console command: or  then, after clicking on ED-E in the console for the first log, and  for the second log.
 * Handing ED-E over for upgrades at either faction destroys everything in his inventory.
 * You can get your items back through the console, first enter and then, this will open a trade window where you can get your stuff back from his inventory after the upgrade
 * Occasionally your items may be restored to you if you ask ED-E to wait, leave the area and then ask ED-E to rejoin your party.
 * If you repair ED-E before talking to Johnson Nash he may not give you the quest or tell you what to do next. Visiting Old Lady Gibson at the Gibson Scrap Yard will trigger the quest and the first message needed.
 * If taken for weapon or armor upgrades, ED-E may 'crash', not following the player or attacking at all. Can be fixed by terminating companion protocol, hit return to base, then talk again and recommence companion protocol. Please note that this fix does not always work.
 * After obtaining the quest Can You Find it in Your Heart?, Ranger Jackson might attack ED-E if he is one of your companions.
 * After turning ED-E over and waiting five days, a message said that he was back at Primm. When trying to pick him up, he played the first two recordings on his system and took off.
 * Sometimes ED-E will leave Primm the moment he appears there, for me he headed towards Goodsprings, because he's part of your quest you can simply use your map to locate him, and then fast travel ahead of where he's going, when he runs into you the quest is complete and you can have him follow you again.
 * Post Patch 1.01 in hardcore mode ED-E can be killed but not removed from the part. You see it explode but don't get a message and don't lose the perk. No known workaround besides reloading.
 * Post Patch 1.01 ED-E will sometimes pick fights with random NPCs. It's unclear if this is a game bug or just a bug in ED-E.
 * Sometimes when ED-E is given to the Followers, his laser appears to stop working, and trying to change his weapons on the companion wheel shows no name.
 * After triggering 3rd dialogue sequence with ED-E, the game will crash. HUD will disappear, player will be unable to move or interact with any world objects.
 * To fix the problem, just before ED-E tries to initiate the third dialogue, shoot him till he goes unconscious and travel to hidden valley and find Senior Knight Lorenzo. wait till Lorenzo finds a bed and wait keep waiting an hour over and over till you know just when ED-E is going to re-appear. re-load the save then wait again then wake up Lorenzo, ED-E will then talk to you and make the game crash. While your stuck there, Lorenzo will finally talk to you and after the conversation, you will be able to move again.
 * Have waited 20+ in-game days and the mission hasn't continued to where I should be getting the message that ED-E is in Primm,and have gone back to Mormon Fort to look for April and no sign. Verified
 * There may be two ED-Es when returning to Primm to collect him after his upgrade. Verified
 * I had ED-E's first message play while walking around the hidden valley bunker for the first time and haven't been able to unlock any other messages. I talked to everyone on the list for both messages and nothing happened.
 * After completing the quest ED-E may suddenly stop following you, he was still responsive to dialogue and could still be used as a storage container but he will not attack. It usually happens once you enter combat and he may begin following again once you fast travel or go through a door but will again stop following later on.
 * ED-E cannot be upgraded by Lorenzo if you have completed the quest "Still in the Dark". When returning the air filtration parts to Lorenzo he will have the dialog option asking the courier if he could examine ED-E. After this dialog is chosen, the remaining the dialog will be a parting dialog(ex. goodbye)You can exit and speak to him again and he will have the dialog option to receive the air filtration parts. After this point Lorenzo will have no other dialog options with the player, and you will be unable to receive the BoS ED-E upgrade. However, your pip-boy will still display the option to allow Lorenzo to give ED-E armor upgrades, even though you can't. ED-E can still be upgraded by the FoA.

Behind the scenes

 * The name of the quest is a reference to the 1956 song: "Eddie My Love" by The Teen Queens, which reached #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in March of that year.