ED-E My Love

 is a quest in Fallout: New Vegas.

Quick walkthrough
After talking to Johnson Nash about ED-E, this quest will be given to the Courier. After heading to the Gibson scrap yard once ED-E is a companion, ED-E will begin playing 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.

Detailed walkthrough
Get ED-E in Primm in the Nash residence, the building 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 either 65 repair skill, or 35 with 55 science skill a high repair, or you can fix it with spare parts (you need 1 scrap electronics, 3 scrap metals, and 2 sensor modules).

Once repaired, every now and then, ED-E will begin playing a recording made by the Enclave researcher. This is triggered by certain speech options by certain NPC. Eventually, a Brotherhood of Steel patrol Knight, Knight Lorenzo will contact you through ED-E wanting to examine it. If the Brotherhood examines ED-E it will get a defense bonus.

Shortly after finding the Brotherhood of Steel patrol, April Martimer with the Followers of the Apocalypse will contact you through ED-E. April Martimer asks you to bring ED-E to her and the Followers of the Apocalypse at the Old Mormon Fort in Freeside so they may access ED-E's data, as an alternative to taking it to the Brotherhood of Steel. If you take ED-E to April Martimer she offers to upgrade ED-E's weapons. Be warned, anything you have in ED-E's inventory when he leaves will be gone when he returns. If you take ED-E to the Brotherhood of steel, they will upgrade his armor.

Whoever examines ED-E will require a few days to do so and you will lose ED-E as a companion during this duration. When the wait to get ED-E is over (for the April Martimer quest line) the quest advances. Visit ED-E in Primm to complete the quest.

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.

Other possible keywords have been reported as being: Enclave, Navarro, Poseidon, Helios, and Archimedes. 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.

Note- The logs can be found in almost any order, such as finding log 2 at Jacobstown instead of at HELIOS ONE

So far these events have triggered playback, more will follow when found:


 * To have the first message play talk to Old Lady Gibson at Gibson Scrap Yard


 * To have the second message play talk to Ignacio Rivas at HELIOS One (make sure to ask him about Archimedes). He can be located downstairs near Fantastic


 * After you talked to Ignacio Rivas just have the robot follow you. I was walking down the road to Boulder City when the robot talked again (this time it was the BoS Knight). The only thing I think triggered it was time (no one was talking to me, to trigger keywords). Also I had completed the HELIOS One quest (not sure if that ties in)


 * Another message may be found after talking to Docter Henry at Jacobstown. It appears when you question the docter about his experience with the enclave triggers this playback


 * Talking to Quartermaster Mayes at Camp Forlorn Hope about retrieving NCR dogtags can also trigger a playback.

Bugs

 * If you talk to Old Lady Gibson and go through all the dialog before you have ED-E, it seems you cant complete the quest.
 * The bug can be bypassed by using the "wait" feature inside her house.
 * This doesn't always work.
 * Talking about Archimedes II without having ED-E seems to cause problems too, going back after getting him doesn't trigger anything.
 * It is possible to resolve issues with missing dialog using the following console command: setstage 001572e8 10
 * If you encounter Old Lady Gibson at Helios One and are forced to kill her for hostility, then the quest marker will lead you to her dead body, but nothing can be done. The quest just stays on your Pip-Boy and can not be failed.
 * Even if Old Lady Gibson is dead, speaking with other NPC's around the wasteland can still trigger ED-E.
 * Handing ED-E over for upgrades (Tested with Both Factions) destroys everything in his inventory.
 * At the end of the quest, if you lend ED-E to the Brotherhood (for an armor upgrade) or the Followers (for a weapon upgrade) whatever inventory that was stored in him WILL BE LOST. Be sure to remove all items he is carrying BEFORE giving him to either faction.
 * When the Brotherhood of Steel contacts you through ED-E (as well as another faction) do not rush the dialogue. A chinese man's voice takes over and the game freezes partially and must be restarted.

Behind the scenes
The name of the quest is a reference to the 1956 song: "Eddie My Love" by The Teen Queens.