I'm assuming this is some sort of a glitch or a bug or something. But apparently Dawes has some sort of grudge against ED-E. He just attacks ED-E for no apparent reason. If I defend ED-E then all of the Powder Gangers within earshot of Dawes fire upon me. So, I just let ED-E kill Dawes. Then I looted Dawes corpse. That'll teach you to mess with a flying robot. Idiot.

Anyone else come across this or have this happen?

There are a number of places where locals (sometimes) just go berserk on ol' ED-E. I've had it happen as early as in the V&V Casino in Primm and in four or five other spots later on.

Save often, have him wait outside if he draws fire.


EDIT:http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/ED-E#Bugs

I save a lot. The first few times it happened it took me a while to figure out that it was ED-E they were shooting at.

So, its not just Dawes. Apparently its the whole "Find a Sherrif for Primm" quest. I can't go anywhere inside of the Correctional facility. The entire facility turns on me as soon as I hit the Admin building.

Seriously, is there a fix for this bug?

Quess i might be from that the ED-E is brotherhood material? i dont know just saying..

Yeah, I reloaded a save before I had entered and told ED-E to wait for me and I still got attacked by the Powder Gangers.I tried to just wipe them all out but there are just so many of them I ran out of ammo for all of my slow firing weapons. I'm only level 4.

Yeah know what u been trough hehe :facepalm:

Is there any way to fix the quest? If not then looks like the robot in Primm is getting reprogrammed and the Powder Gangers are being wiped off the face of the map.

I'm investigating a theory that attempting to store faction armor may cause this bug. He may get the disguise attribute. I never had it happen in my old game where I never used companions for storage.

Did you ever try to get him to carry faction armor?

I tried having him store: NCR, Legion and Powderganger. He dropped all three.

When I completed this quest with Ed-E as my campanion,

No, I didn't have ED-E carry anything. In fact, I deleted all of the saves where I had ED-E and started completely over from Primm. I currently do not have enough XP to repair ED-E. I'm going to try it again tonight possibly and see if I get a different outcome.

Melee, even at low level, works great at the correction facility. I ran out of ammo too, and just melee'd everyone. The trick is to melee first, then on the final building up stairs where there are a lot of enemies, then use your ammo for that part (though I just stealth boy'd and critted everyone for that last part)

I didn't get a chance to play today. I'm gonna try a stealth boy if they agro again.

Oddly enough, your own companions say they are uncomfortable around ED-E. Then again, the Enclave are the only group scarier than Caesar's Legion, so its kind of understandable if people freak out. But its probably a glitch, beecause it never happens to me.

ive only had it happen in mccaran it is kinda annoying tho
also for the ncrcf i shot or melee most of them then in the main building dynamite works well