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This page is about the original version that appears in Fallout: New Vegas. For the cloned model that appears in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Lonesome Road, see ED-E (Lonesome Road). For an overview of eyebots in the Fallout series, see eyebot. |
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“Eyebot Duraframe Subject E is both the prototype and the last functional model.”— Whitley on ED-E
Eyebot Duraframe Subject E, more commonly known as ED-E (pronounced "Eddie" by some and "Ede" by others) is a Duraframe eyebot and possible companion in Fallout: New Vegas.
Background
ED-E is an Enclave eyebot from the East Coast,[1] built by Whitley at Adams Air Force Base. As a prototype "duraframe" model, ED-E has been enhanced for regular combat as opposed to the original model, which functions primarily as a mobile radio transmitter. However, since the war of 2277, with the Capital Wasteland Brotherhood of Steel necessitated increased production of the Hellfire armor, eyebot production was halted, making ED-E the last known surviving model. Whitley uploaded an enormous amount of valuable data on Poseidon Energy and his duraframe research into ED-E's logs, then dispatched it on a cross-country journey to Navarro, past Rockville, Hagerstown, The Pitt, Denver, Nephi, Zion Canyon, Caliente, the Hub, Necropolis, Lost Hills, and San Francisco.[2]
ED-E's first stop was a hidden Enclave outpost in Chicago for upgrades and repairs. It then traveled across the Mojave Wasteland, where it was shot twice by an unidentified sniper, dealing a large amount of damage. This eventually left it deactivated near Primm, where it was found and taken in by a courier of the Mojave Express and delivered to Johnson Nash. Unable to repair it himself, Nash left ED-E to languish on Primm's branch office counter, where it remained ignored as escaped convicts took over the town. When the Courier arrives in Primm, he/she is able to repair ED-E, and in turn become his/her companion.
Although ED-E still retains all of its data and 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.
Interactions with the player
Interactions overview
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This character is essential. Essential characters cannot be killed. | |
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This character is a permanent companion. They grant the Enhanced Sensors Camarader-E perk. | |
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This character is a temporary companion. | |
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This character starts quests. |
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This character is involved in quests. | |
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This character is a doctor. |
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This character is a merchant. |  -Sells: - |
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This character can repair items. | Max Repair condition: 25% daily with Camarader-E |
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This character can modify weapons. |
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This character rents beds. | -.
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Quests
- ED-E My Love: Once ED-E's logs are discovered, the Brotherhood of Steel and the Followers of the Apocalypse will express interest in it, offering upgrades in exchange for its data.
- Lonesome Road add-on: A copied, mass-produced version of the original ED-E, still retaining all its memories of the Courier and its own mission, is found in the Divide and is needed to advance through almost all the quests there.
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:
- A Repair skill of 65.
- A Science skill of 55, with a subsequent Repair skill of 35.
- Three pieces of scrap metal, two sensor modules, and one scrap electronics.
Lonesome Road
- With the Lonesome Road add-on installed, ED-E can be used to create items as if it were a workbench or reloading bench, through dialogue. This option will already be available even before Lonesome Road is begun.
- ED-E can be further upgraded by finding five circuit boards in the Divide:
- Rank 1 - Weapon Maintenance Function: Access to a daily dialogue option allowing ED-E to instantly restore your currently equipped weapon's condition by 25%.
- Rank 2 - Energy/Microfusion Cell Production: Access to a daily dialogue option allowing ED-E to produce a number of energy and microfusion cells for you. Also, through dialogue and skill checks, ED-E can 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
This section is transcluded from Fallout: New Vegas endings. To change it, please edit the transcluded page.
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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| - | Zapper | - | Small 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," which is a location in Fallout 3. On the opposite side from the bumper sticker is a "Great Midwest" Illinois 2062 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.
- 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 the alien blaster. If upgraded by the Brotherhood, it will result in ED-E having a more 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.
- ED-E does not have much HP to start with. When it is upgraded, however, it will have more than most other companions.
- Since ED-E is a robot, it is not affected by poison.
- Even though ED-E is a robot, you can still heal it with stimpaks.
- 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 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 you need to have general subtitles enabled to understand them.
- ED-E might strafe side-to-side if multiple enemies are in sight. Although it seems tactical, it won't help if the enemies have firearms.
- Many non-player characters will express their attitudes toward ED-E upon seeing it:
- Legionaries will express their discomfort around it.
- Boomers will want to examine it further.
- Fiends will mutter "A flying robot...man, I must be fucked up...." believing ED-E to be a drug fueled hallucination.
- James and Francine Garret, owners of the Atomic Wrangler Casino, will find it strange.
- If you give ED-E to the Brotherhood of Steel, he gets better armor and the Brotherhood makes an army of eyebots. If you give him to the Followers of the Apocalypse, he gets an upgraded weapon and the Followers use his data to help others.
Appearances
ED-E appears in Fallout: New Vegas, and on the cover of All Roads. A duplicate of ED-E also appears in Lonesome Road as a companion.
Behind the scenes
- ED-E's character arc was designed by Alik Hooper.[3]
Bugs
If you travel to Big MT without completing ED-E My Love, the Followers option may never appear.- When exiting Bloodborne Cave and Vault 22, ED-E may get stuck in the opening of the cave. In the latest patch, ED-E will instead show up as a marker, but can't be found in the surroundings or in the cave.
- When at Black Mountain, it is possible that ED-E will 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 in the entrance of Vault 22. This might be fixed by going to 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.
- 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 an additional 2 to its weight EACH time you go 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. Apparently, its laser is being duplicated each time your weapons are forcibly removed at the Fort. Even if you enter the Fort without invitation, or the enter with proper Legion reputation (i.e. bad rep, not giving weapons), this may happen.
- Not only the Fort, but any place where your weapons/items gets confiscated, such as Silver Rush. Bring ED-E along while it happens and his weight goes up by 1.
- 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. You can lose ED-E without noticing its death in battles or if it strays too far from the player by its own way being in [DANGER] mode because of the hostiles around it. A related bug exists where if ED-E is destroyed, its perk still 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.
- 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 actually 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 actually consume it.
- It is possible for ED-E (after the armor upgrade) to not use its weapons and not even move. If you fast-travel or use the wait command, it will rejoin you.
- Sometimes while speaking to ED-E, a gunfire sound will trigger instead of the regular beeping noise.
- 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.
- Sometimes, without having finished ED-E My Love, he will sometimes use his upgrade (from the Followers) even though he hasn't been upgraded yet. He appears to switch between his original and upgraded gun. There is no known fix.
- Occasionally when you fast travel, ED-E loses anything you have put in his inventory. ED-E may also lose unique weapons.
- ED-E may randomly attack friendly non-player characters for no reason.
- If ED-E is given Legion armor to hold, a message will appear saying he cannot equip it, and the armor will disappear.
Gallery
Left side view (with honor Student badge from Roosevelt Academy from the Capital Wasteland)
Right side view
Follower weapon upgrade
Brotherhood armor upgrade
ED-E in the Fallout: New Vegas E3 trailer
ED-E's Divide counterpart
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