ED-E (Lonesome Road)

ED-E (pronounced Eddie) is a companion found in the Divide in 2281.

Background
This ED-E is a copy of the original ED-E Duraframe eyebot, manufactured by the Hopeville missile silo bunker's automatic engineering facilities. The necessary information was obtained by remote scanning the eyebot.

At first glance the Courier mistakes the robot with ED-E, who plays music from the TV show "Ralphie". The Courier can decipher the beeps and garble and realizes that the silo has "pretty advanced engineering capabilities" since it was able to remote-scan ED-E as it passed through The Divide and create copies to maintain the facility.

ED-E contains the codes which Ulysses needs to activate the remaining nuclear warheads at the Divide, allowing him to unleash destruction on the Mojave Wasteland. Being a direct copy of the ED-E found in Primm, it has a unique personality and all of the original's memories up to the time it passed through the Divide, which it shares with the Courier at various points.

Upon joining the Courier's party, ED-E starts playing a log from its original creator, Dr. Whitley, and continues doing so at certain "checkpoints" during the journey through the Divide. Ulysses also uses ED-E to communicate to the Courier throughout their journey through the Divide.

ED-E shows that it regrets leaving Dr. Whitley and is saddened by the fact, but is determined to complete its mission, where he will have to "fly far, fly fast", just like Ralphie. It expresses these through encrypted audio logs it has stored away:

Quests

 * The Silo: ED-E is first released from his pod and used to unlock commissaries.
 * The Courier: Rescue ED-E from the robot maintenance room... or don't.
 * The End: ED-E can be asked to abort the missile launches, although his little servos might not be able to handle the extensive electronic stress.

Bugs

 * ED-E may not wait when told to, at first it may stay in place for awhile but will suddenly appear again, without warning, following you.

Appearances
This copy of ED-E appears only in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Lonesome Road.