So I got E-DE last night, the useful little floating bugger that he is. Problem is, I repaired him before talking to Nash (who runs Mojave Express).

Now, when I talk to Nash about E-DE and ask him what to do with it, he says "Well, there's gotta be someone out there who's interested in that kind of technologies". "E-DE my love" is not in my quest list, but somehow I have it - if E-DE dies, I receive a message that I have failed the quest.

Any idea what's going on here? Will I still be able to upgrade the bot?

I always get this started by talking to Old Lady Gibson. At the scrapyard near Novac.

I also didn't get the quest until I spoke to Old Lady Gibson (I repaired ED-E before having ever spoken to Nash.), and I seemed to have no problem completing the quest. i actually didn't know that you could potentially start it earlier.

Don't worry, it would start eventually as there is so many trigger points for it......

Excellent. Thanks much.