I hate this quest, I completely restarted my character just to see if I could trigger this quest, still no success...

So here is the situation: I arrive to Primm and See the Mojave Express building, enter to nash's residence and repair (not using pieces) ED-E and have him as companion...

Of course I haven't rescued Deputy Beagle from the Power Rangers (I call them this) so the guy at Vikki & Vance Casino won't trigger the quest.

I proceed to go to old lady gibson, no quest triggered, no speech options, ED-E simply ignores that woman...

I arrive at Helios one, Ignacio Rivas talks about Archimedes, ED-E still ignores him, no message triggered, NO QUEST IN QUESTLOG!

I don't know what else to do... I've used console commands to check the state and variables of the quest,I have quest active but still no log on the pipboy...

It's driving me insane...

Did you had problems with this quest too? how did you worked around? need halp!!

I never had problems with this quest.

I didn't even know his quest was activated by hidden requirements; he just started sending me messages randomly so I thought it was all random.

Maybe he's like Gannon in a way that requires certain quests to be completed.

I was having a hard time getting Gannon to give me Auld Lang Sang even though I did all the hidden checks. It wasn't until I completed For the Republic, Part II that he finally gave me the quest.

I'm having a problem with getting the next log to continue at helios one, even after talking to the guy multiple times, i have the quest and everything too.

ed-e sometimes make you wait couple in-game days to trigger next dialog

To trigger ED-E's messages, you have to wait up to 9 in game days.

Just "wait" for 24 hours 9 times. Eventually ED-E will kick in, on the basis that you've triggered his key words, beforehand.

You mean, the first time ever you have to wait 9 days after repairing him from primm to activate the quest?

I believe after the initial log plays, you need to wait up to 9 in-game days before the second one will kick in. But I've also read a few places where the logs will start randomly, even without the key words triggering it. Some of the key words are Navarro, Archemedies(or whatever) Enclave, Helios. I just finished this quest not long ago with the BoS.

My problem is that no matter what I do, I don't even have the quest on the pipboy questlog, which means that I haven't played the first log...