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.


 * 1) Recruit ED-E
 * 2) Speak to Old Lady Gibson at Gibson Scrapyard
 * 3) Wait 9 days
 * 4) Speak to Ignacio Rivas at HELIOS One
 * 5) Wait 2 days
 * 6) Talk to ED-E to hear Knight Lorenzo's message
 * 7) Go to REPCONN Headquarters and recover mission tapes from the dead BoS patrol
 * 8) Talk to ED-E and listen to the message from April Martimer
 * 9) Take ED-E to the Mormon Fort in Freeside, or to the Hidden Valley BoS Bunker
 * 10) If taken to BoS ED-E receives upgraded armor
 * 11) If taken to the Mormon Fort his weapon is upgraded
 * 12) Wait 3 in-game days then sleep ED-E will return to Primm

WARNING** - Before you hand over ED-E you should remove everything that is in ED-E's inventory, for you will lose it all!

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 either 65 repair skill, or 55 science and 35 repair skill, or you can fix it with spare parts (you need 1 scrap electronics, 3 scrap metals, and 2 sensor modules).

ED-E's Quest
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 3 audio clips 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:


 * 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. You must wait or spend 9 days in-game (according to an official guide) after speaking to Old Lady Gibson in order to properly trigger this conversation. *Also possible by listening to the brotherhood scribe teach his class*


 * After you talked to Ignacio Rivas just have the robot follow you. Wait or spend 2 days in-game, then talk to ED-E. NOTE: that if the quest: "That Lucky Old Sun" is completed prior to this quest, you may have a run in with the Legion at Helios One, if the Archimedes II Laser is armed and wipes out any near by NCR, making it impossible to talk to Ignacio, which triggers his death.


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


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


 * Talking with Senior Knight Lorenzo in Hidden Valley has also triggered the 3rd message Maybe Can work if not out off luck


 * Also triggered with Dr. Hildern at Camp McCarran, through dialog. You may need to complete There Stands the Grass, though this might not be necessary (was triggered just through dialog for me).


 * Also when trying to gain the BoS trust (without the help of veronica) a key word spoken after killing or convincing the NCR ranger to leave Hidden Valley activates playback log 2


 * If lorenzo has already been killed as a result of Mr. House's "the house always wins 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 HQ.


 * Also triggered when you are on the quest I Could Make You Care, after accessing Father Elijah's terminal and speaking with Veronica, activated playback log 2.


 * 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.


 * ED-E also seems to trigger when you first talk to Michael Angelo on his workshop at the New Vegas Strip. It triggers when you talk about his "lack of inspiration" and choose the medical answer. ( It will still work even if the requirements aren't fulfilled ). He will name some places he needs photos of, which will trigger part 2 of ED-E ).


 * Found message 1 (see Recorded Messages section below) by repeatedly talking to an NCR Trooper standing outside of HELIOS One.

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

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.

Recorded Messages
1. "Subject E: Diagnosis complete. Begin Recording.  My name is Whitley..." (the message continues).

Conclusion and Reward
Eventually, Senior Knight Lorenzo of the Brotherhood of Steel, currently stationed within the BoS base in Hidden Valley will contact you through ED-E and say he'd like to examine it. Head towards the REPCONN Headquarters where you must 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. 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.


 * April Martimer will NOT contact you until you have discovered Hidden Valley.


 * WARNING - Before you hand over ED-E you should remove everything that is in ED-E's inventory, for you will lose it all! If you have had ED-E Wait outside the bunker, he will be gone as soon as you tell Lorenzo he can keep him, and you will not get a chance to recover anything from ED-E's inventory.


 * If the Brotherhood examines ED-E, ED-E will get a defense bonus also ED-E will have the bumper stickers removed, rust and dirt removed, and repainted.


 * If you take ED-E to April Martimer she offers to upgrade ED-E's weapons also ED-E will have the bumper stickers removed and his weapon will change.


 * Either option will not affect the PC'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.

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.

NOTE: It is possible to be contacted by Brotherhood and the Followers without obtaining all three logs.

NOTE: It is possible to skip the REPCONN Headquarters scouting party rendezvous portion of the quest entirely if you have already discovered Hidden Valley and accessed the Brotherhood Bunker (such as by breaking in or traveling with the companion Veronica.

Bugs

 * If you talk 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 instead. Alternatively, issue "setstage 001572E8 10" 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 Helios one, if you return to Ignacio Rivas with Ed-E in tow, if you ask him "why are you still here" then ask him about Archimedes again, the game will crash when Ed-E's quest log updates. -(Xbox 360)
 * ED-E seem to have an internal cooldown on the input words, needs to take a day or two before you can advance in the quest chain.
 * 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.
 * This seems to sometimes happen even if you have ED-E as a companion.
 * It is possible to resolve issues with missing dialog using the following console command: setstage 001572e8 10
 * Doing so appears to disable Steam achievements until you reload the game, however.
 * 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 NPCs around the wasteland can still trigger ED-E. VERIFIED: This player murdered Old Lady Gibson before he ever heard of ED-E; quest began and logs were triggered by Ignacio Rivas, then Thomas Hildern, with no problem whatsoever.
 * Handing ED-E over for upgrades (Tested with Both Factions) destroys everything in his inventory. (VERIFIED: ED-E's inventory is empty when it returns to you, regardless of what it was carrying.)
 * This is because the ED-E that goes back to Primm is actually a different npc, with a different ref id.
 * If you keep ED-E with you, you will get the quest the first time you talk to Old Lady Gibson.
 * Should you get stuck, the messages can also be triggered via console. "setstage 001572E8 10" will trigger the next message, but you have to wait for about 2 days after each messages as there is a cooldown for them to be triggered. (The console will show a note of the time it was triggered last when you use the console command)
 * If taken for weapon or armor upgrades ED-E will not attack in combat and freeze and cannot move only when fired as companion (xbox 360)
 * If you retrieve the password from REPCONN BoS Soldiers before being contacted by Lorenzo you will not be able to validate the passwords in the quest, making it unfinishable (X360) (Seems to be fixed in Patch 1.2 on PC)
 * 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 I went to pick him up, he played the first two recordings on his system and took off. I exited the building and tried the usual tricks to get him to show up, but he didn't. I don't know if he would have eventually returned because I reverted to a save before turning him over and then did not turn him over.
 * After leaving ED-E in the Presidential Suite in the Lucky 38 I received the message that ED-E had returned to Primm. When I returned to Primm to reacquire ED-E he had turned aggressive, forcing me to kill ED-E and failing the ED-E my love quest.

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.