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FO76 publicteam xpd.pngFor an overview of the topic, see eyebot.
For the version in Lonesome Road, see ED-E (Lonesome Road).

Eyebot Duraframe Subject E is both the prototype and the last functional model in this test group.Whitley on ED-E

Eyebot Duraframe Subject E, also known as ED-E (pronounced "Eddie" or "E-D-E"), is a Duraframe eyebot and possible companion in Fallout: New Vegas. It is first found broken at the Nash Residence in Primm.

Background

ED-E was manufactured by The Enclave for use in combat, as a prototype of the duraframe series of eyebots. ED-E has multiple enhancements compared to standard series eyebots, including an additional dish directed sensor, armor plating to protect side mounted vacuum tubes, and a front-mounted, miniaturized Tesla cannon for improved offensive capabilities.[Pub 1] In order to produce additional Hellfire armor, duraframe eyebot production was halted, all remaining eyebots were destroyed, and ED-E became the last surviving model. Dr. Whitley, the head researcher for the duraframe project, uploaded data on Poseidon Energy and his research into ED-E's logs,[1][2] then dispatched it, attempting to send it to Navarro.

ED-E stopped at an Enclave outpost in Chicago for upgrades and repairs,[3]then traveled across the Mojave Wasteland, where it was shot twice by a raider sniper (with a hand-load .308), damaging the eyebot.[4] The eyebot was eventually found near Primm by a courier of the Mojave Express and delivered to Johnson Nash, who hoped to use it for package delivery. Unable to repair it himself, Nash left ED-E on the counter of Mojave Express, where it remained until the Courier found it.[5] The Courier then has the choice to repair ED-E and recruit it as a companion.

Interactions overview

Interactions
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This character is essential. Essential characters cannot be killed.
Essential status expires when Hardcore Mode.
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This character is a permanent companion. They grant the Enhanced Sensors perk and the Camarader-E perk.
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This character is involved in quests.
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This character can repair items. Repair cap: 25

Other interactions

When first found in the Nash Residence at Primm, ED-E is broken and lying on a counter. It can be repaired by having one of the following:

Lonesome Road

  • With the Lonesome Road add-on installed, ED-E can be used to craft items as if it were a Workbench or Reloading Bench through dialogue. This option will already be available even before Lonesome Road has begun.
  • ED-E can be further upgraded by finding five Eyebot Upgrade Circuit Boards in the Divide, each of which provides one rank to the Camarader-E perk:
    • Rank 1 - Weapon maintenance function: Access to a daily dialogue option allowing ED-E to instantly restore the condition of the Courier's currently equipped weapon by 25%. (This can be increased to 35% with skill check, after obtaining rank 2).
    • Rank 2 - Energy/Microfusion Cell production: Access to a daily dialogue option allowing ED-E to produce several Energy and Microfusion Cells. Also, through dialogue and skill checks, ED-E can produce more cells per prompt, or be made to produce Flamer Fuel or Satchel Charges (which share the same once-per-day cooldown as the Energy and Microfusion Cells).
    • Rank 3 - Increased DT: +2 DT for both the Courier and ED-E.
    • Rank 4 - Beam damage bonus: +5 to beam weapon damage; affects the same list of weapons affected by the Laser Commander perk.
    • Rank 5 - V.A.T.S. accuracy bonus: Chance to hit targets in V.A.T.S. increased by 5%.

Endings

# Slide Voice-over narration In-game condition
1
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After a long and fantastic journey, ED-E finally met its end with the dangers of the Mojave. It lay destroyed and gathering dust, waiting for scavengers to pick through its remains for salvage.
ED-E is destroyed.
2
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ED-E remained forgotten in the shop of Johnson Nash, until it was repaired by another courier who let it continue on its journey to Navarro. ED-E was eventually discovered by the Followers of the Apocalypse who managed to recover vast databanks of scientific knowledge.
Don't repair ED-E.
3
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ED-E traveled with the Courier until one of its memory banks was triggered causing it to continue its travels on to Navarro. Upon reaching Navarro, ED-E vanished and was not seen in the wastes again.
Repair ED-E but do not complete the quest ED-E My Love.
4
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With its logs cleared and its systems upgraded ED-E remained a vigilant and constant companion to the Courier. The Followers of the Apocalypse used the information recovered from ED-E on Poseidon Energy, to develop new methods to harness the energy of the sun.
Complete ED-E My Love by taking ED-E to the Followers of the Apocalypse, retrieve ED-E afterwards and keep it as an active companion during the Second Battle of Hoover Dam.
5
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With its logs cleared and its systems upgraded ED-E remained a vigilant and constant companion to the Courier. The Brotherhood used the information recovered from ED-E to create a small army of Duraframe eyebots.
Complete ED-E My Love and take ED-E to the Brotherhood of Steel, retrieve ED-E afterwards and keep it as an active companion during the Second Battle of Hoover Dam.
6
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With its logs cleared and its systems upgraded ED-E is discovered by a traveling caravan, who take him on as a protector as they wander the wastes. The Followers of the Apocalypse used the information recovered from ED-E on Poseidon Energy, to develop new methods to harness the energy of the sun.
Complete ED-E My Love by taking ED-E to the Followers of the Apocalypse, then do not take ED-E to the Second Battle of Hoover Dam as a companion or leave ED-E in Primm after the upgrades are complete.
7
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With its logs cleared and its systems upgraded ED-E is discovered by a traveling caravan, who take him on as a protector as they wander the wastes. The Brotherhood used the information recovered from ED-E to create a small army of Duraframe eyebots.
Complete ED-E My Love by taking ED-E to the Brotherhood of Steel, then do not take ED-E to the Second Battle of Hoover Dam as a companion or leave ED-E in Primm after the upgrades are complete.

Inventory

Apparel Weapon Other items On death
Zapper Energy Cells

Notes

  • When first encountered, ED-E has a bumper sticker on its right side saying "My child is an HONOR STUDENT at Roosevelt Academy," a location in Fallout 3. On the opposite side of the bumper sticker is a license plate reading "2ED-E59." The numbers are more worn and faded than the letters, making the letters "ED-E" more visible. This is elaborated on in Lonesome Road, where the duplicate version mentions that the original had to stop in Chicago for repairs and visited a family along the way.[3]
  • Regardless of who upgrades it, ED-E's appearance will be altered. If upgraded by the Followers, the armor will remain the same, but its zapper will slightly change, shooting light blue projectiles similar to those of the Alien Blaster. Also, when in combat its laser will sound the same as a Tesla Cannon. If upgraded by the Brotherhood, it will result in ED-E having refurbished armor. Both upgrades will remove all of ED-E's stickers and the license plate.
  • ED-E behaves like a human in pathfinding, which means it can set off traps (and can even be knocked down by the Ranger Takedown) even though it hovers. It also cannot travel vertically over obstacles.
  • ED-E will sometimes make a distressed beeping sound when a gun is aimed at it. Other times it will just turn and face the Courier's direction.
  • ED-E does not have much HP to start with. When it is upgraded, however, it will have more than most other companions.
  • Even though ED-E is a robot, Stimpaks still work to heal it.
  • If ED-E is ever frenzied, it will become hostile if dismissed as a companion and returned to Primm. The only exception is if it is sent to be upgraded. After a few days, ED-E should be willing to go with the player character again, found roaming around Primm instead of inside the Mojave Express.
  • After having completed the game and the "ED-E My Love" quest, ED-E will give an account of what happened after the events of the game; however, its account will be spoken using its signature beeps, so general subtitles must be enabled to read them.
  • ED-E might strafe side-to-side if multiple enemies are in sight.
  • Unique comments from NPCs include:
  • The four versions of ED-E (not working, working but not upgraded, upgraded by the Brotherhood of Steel and upgraded by the Followers of the Apocalypse) all have different IDs.
  • The Courier interprets ED-E's beeping, at times resulting in responses such as <happy beeping> or <makes beeping sounds>.

Quotes

  • "Eyebot Duraframe Subject E is both the prototype and the last functional model in this test group. – Whitley on ED-E."
  • "Wow. That thing is definitely carrying around a bunch of Enclave intel. Adams is on the eastern seaboard of the country. Which means this little "Duraframe" sucker somehow managed to survive for over two thousand miles. Certainly lives up to its model name. – Arcade Gannon."
  • "Funny robot make blinky sounds. – Nightkin."

Appearances

ED-E appears in Fallout: New Vegas and on the cover of All Roads. A clone of ED-E also appears in the add-on Lonesome Road, as a companion.

Behind the scenes

Full Name: Eyebot (Duraframe) – Subject E

Sex: N/A
Age: 6
Ethnicity: N/A
Profession: Shop Security, Primm
Perk: Enhanced Sensors – while ED-E is a companion, the player can detect enemies at an increased range. Additionally, enemies will appear on the player’s compass and can be targeted in V.A.T.S. even when cloaked.

Description: Unlike standard eyebots, ED-E is a highly customized “duraframe” model with hardened armor and specialized weapons. It was an eyebot on an incredible journey, carrying an enormous amount of valuable data when it was badly damaged and taken in by a Primm shop owner. Though ED-E still retains all of its data and an understanding of its mission, its internal positioning hardware is badly damaged. The only reason it has not been seized by interested parties is because ED-E has not communicated its special mission to anyone.

Bugs

Bugs
  • PCPC After one enters Vault 11, ED-E will not follow them past the gate. When facing a loading screen into another door, it will be there. If one waits for a long period, it will hesitantly begin following them, and stop again. Once in the Sacrificial Chamber, ED-E will go back to following the player character as it was.
  • Playstation 3Playstation 3 Xbox 360Xbox 360 If the player travels to Big MT without completing ED-E My Love, the Followers option may never appear.
  • PCPC Playstation 3Playstation 3 Xbox 360Xbox 360 When exiting Bloodborne Cave and Vault 22, ED-E may get stuck in the opening of the cave. As of patch 1.2.0.285, ED-E will instead show up as a marker, but can't be found in the surroundings or the cave.
  • PCPC Playstation 3Playstation 3 Xbox 360Xbox 360 When at Black Mountain, ED-E may disappear after the player is attacked by super mutants in the small pass with the bear traps and the large boulder. It can also happen at the entrance of Vault 22. This might be fixed by going to the Sierra Madre (and starting the Dead Money add-on) or by using one of the companion dismissal terminals loaded by the patch released just before the release of Old World Blues. When dismissed via the terminal, there will be a message saying that ED-E has returned to Primm.
  • PCPC Playstation 3Playstation 3 After upgrading ED-E's weapon system, if it is destroyed, the dialogue and text about losing its perk after its death will not appear at all. One can lose ED-E without noticing its death in battles or if it strays too far from the player in its way being in [DANGER] mode because of the hostiles around it. A related bug exists where if ED-E is destroyed, its perk remains in the player's Pip-Boy and still fully working. This can be fixed by using console commands prid <ref_id>; moveto player; disable; resurrect; enable where "ref_id" is set for specific ED-E type.
  • Playstation 3Playstation 3 Xbox 360Xbox 360 After upgrading ED-E's armor, its inventory weight goes up from 1 to 2. Traveling to the Fort and back with ED-E as a companion permanently adds 2 to its weight each time one goes there, eventually making it impossible to place items in its inventory. There is no known way to remove this invisible item weight, and the only way to prevent it is by dismissing ED-E before traveling there. Telling it to wait elsewhere before going to the Fort still adds the extra phantom weight. Its laser is being duplicated each time the Courier's weapons are forcibly removed at the Fort. Even if one enters the Fort without invitation, or enters with a proper Legion reputation (i.e. bad rep, not giving weapons), this may happen.
    • Not only the Fort but any place where weapons/items get confiscated, such as Silver Rush. Bring ED-E along while it happens and his weight goes up by 1.
    • Workaround: Dismissing ED-E to the Lucky 38 once inside the Fort after weapons have been confiscated removes the phantom weight. Bringing ED-E back to the Fort will start the process over again, but the workaround can be repeated multiple times when phantom weight becomes too burdening.
    • If ED-E is lost in Vault 22 due to the firestorm or other bugs, he can be brought back by the console command 'player.placeatme followed by his formid which will be different depending on his state. If he has not been upgraded, his formid will be 0010c769, upgraded to weapons his formid is 001694e2, upgraded to armor his formid is 001694e0. Once he appears he will generally try to leave, probably headed for Primm.
  • PCPC Playstation 3Playstation 3 Xbox 360Xbox 360 The upgraded weapon system from the Followers of the Apocalypse upgrade can be lost at random, particularly in casinos or in Caesar's Fort. It is two different weapons: Energy Zap (00166b94) and Electrical Zap (001694df), and can be restored with AddItem after targeting ED-E. They require Energy Cell ammunition (00078cc2), but don't consume it.
    • If ED-E loses either of its weapons (normal or upgraded) for any reason (visiting casinos, Fort, Silver Rush), it will become stuck whenever it tries to use the non-existing weapon. The only way to fix this is to add the weapon via console command. With other platforms it is best to save before entering any weapon restricted place and immediately after exiting to test whether ED-E still has its weapons by test-attacking any bystander.
  • PCPC Xbox 360Xbox 360 It is possible for ED-E (after the armor upgrade) to not use its weapons or even move. However, if you fast-travel or use the wait command, ED-E will rejoin you.
  • PCPC Playstation 3Playstation 3 Xbox 360Xbox 360 Sometimes while speaking to ED-E, a gunfire sound will trigger instead of the regular beeping noise.
  • Playstation 3Playstation 3 Xbox 360Xbox 360 ED-E may occasionally lose the dialogue option for his daily repair, even after waiting 24 hours. To fix this, travel to the Divide and back and the option should reappear.
  • PCPC Playstation 3Playstation 3 Xbox 360Xbox 360 Sometimes, without having finished ED-E My Love, it will use the upgrade (from the Followers) even though it hasn't been upgraded yet. It appears to switch between his original and upgraded gun. There is no known fix.
  • PCPC Playstation 3Playstation 3 Xbox 360Xbox 360 Occasionally when you fast travel, ED-E loses anything you have put in his inventory. ED-E may also lose unique weapons.
  • PCPC Playstation 3Playstation 3 Xbox 360Xbox 360 ED-E may randomly attack friendly non-player characters for no reason.
  • PCPC Xbox 360Xbox 360 If ED-E is given Legion armor to hold, a message will appear saying it cannot equip it, and the armor will disappear.
  • PCPC After upgrading the Securitron army, ED-E may receive the Follower weapon upgrade without completing ED-E, My Love. Possibly requisite to this are the Lonesome Road upgrades and/or ED-E, My Love is in progress.
  • PCPC Playstation 3Playstation 3 Xbox 360Xbox 360 If you have the Lonesome Road expansion and tell ED-E to repair your weapon it will occasionally lower the condition instead of increasing it.
  • PCPC After fast traveling, ED-E can freeze up and not move, though it will still hover, even if told to wait and then follow using the companion wheel. This can be fixed by going into its dialogue menu and selecting "Follow Protocol::Wait" then once more and selecting "Follow Protocol::Reinitiate."
  • PCPC Xbox 360Xbox 360 After ED-E's being upgraded by the Followers, it is possible that ED-E will not be able to use his weapon, in addition, ED-E's native 8 DT is gone, leaving him without any protection. It also has pathfinding issues.
  • PCPC Xbox 360Xbox 360 Sometimes when dismissing ED-E, it will not reappear in Primm or the Lucky 38 as instructed, thus effectively disappearing from the game.
  • PCPC For unknown reasons, ED-E will not hover up and down, while other eyebots do, what causes this is unknown and so far it has no fix.
  • PCPC Playstation 3Playstation 3 After receiving the repair upgrade from Lonesome Road, ED-E will not repair the .45 Auto Pistol from Honest Hearts if the player has the Hand Loader trait.
  • PCPC Xbox 360Xbox 360 ED-E will not store faction apparel in its inventory - it will be instantly dropped with a message "companion cannot wear this faction armor".
  • PCPC Playstation 3Playstation 3 Xbox 360Xbox 360 ED-E may sometimes, upon waking up from being unconscious, make a sound as if it is slamming into metal and then disappear unable to be brought back even when fast traveling. It will not come back even if using Vault 22's elevator as well. It will still be considered a companion, so you will not be able recruit Rex later on if this happens. When traveling to Zion National Park, you will be told "ED-E has returned to Primm" as usual, but it has not.

Sounds

Fanfare that plays when ED-E enters combat.
Fanfare that plays when the player enters the Caution sneaking state.
Anger
Fail
Happy
Homing beep
Laugh
Triumphant

Gallery

References

  1. Courier: "What would you like it for?"
    April Martimer: "I've heard through our channels that it has some research that may be related to Enclave and Poseidon Energy technology. I'd like to get what I can from it and use that data for the good of humanity... ALL of humanity, unlike the Brotherhood."
    (April Martimer's dialogue)
  2. Courier: "I've heard some information from its logs, sounds like it is carrying some Enclave data."
    Lorenzo: "Really? What kind of logs? What kind of data does he have on it?"
    Courier: "The logs spoke about Enclave Duraframe research and Poseidon Energy research."
    Lorenzo: "Did... did you say Poseidon Energy? I've been researching some Poseidon projects here. Do you think you could leave your robot with me for a few days? I have some materials that I can use to upgrade his armor while he's here."
    (Lorenzo's dialogue)
  3. 3.0 3.1 Courier: "Sounds like that kid was pretty fond of you. Why did you leave?"
    ED-E: <Wistful beeping>
    Courier: "Where did this happen?"
    ED-E: <Happy beeping>
    Courier: "Illinois? So that's where you got that plate. The other you, I mean."
    ED-E: <Happy beeping>
    Courier: "What's a Chicago?"
    ED-E: <Expository beeping>
    (ED-E's dialogue (Lonesome Road))
  4. Courier: "That was a .308 round. Probably hand-loaded - that would have destroyed most robots your size."
    ED-E: "[SUCCEEDED] <Pleased beeping>"
    (ED-E's dialogue (Lonesome Road))
  5. Courier: "Where did it come from?"
    Johnson Nash: "A courier dropped it off a couple months back. I got it working for a little while, but the darn thing pooped out. I haven't been able to get it up and running again. I was hoping to use it for some courier work, but that ain't gonna happen.
    Courier: "What is wrong with it?"
    Johnson Nash: "Hell if I know. I don't think its serious, but my tinkering days are long gone."
    Courier: "Do you mind if I try to fix it?"
    Johnson Nash: "You're welcome to try. ItsIn-game spelling yours if you can get it working. If I had my way I'd dump it in the scrapyard in Novac and be done with the damn thing."
    (Johnson Nash's dialogue)
Publications
  1. Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide Game of the Year Edition p.467
Developer Statements
  1. Chris Avellone: "For FNV, Josh Sawyer took this role and then each of the companions was delegated to other designers (Travis Stout for Raul and Lily, Eric Fenstermaker for Veronica and Boone, Akil Hooper for ED-E, Jesse Farrell for Rex, I did Cass and Ulysses, and Josh himself for Arcade) divided the work."
    (Fallout: New Vegas developer statements; Unmasking the Gamers: Chris Avellone - Part 3)
  2. Fallout: New Vegas - Stingers and Additional Music on Justin E. Bell YouTube