Mechagnome allied race quest line bugged

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Someone Who Can Help - Escape Pod objective

I tried completing the quest “Someone Who Can Help”, part of the Mechagnome questline, 4 times to no avail. Each time that I tried, I was able to complete the first objective but was unable to interact with the Escape Pod in order to send it to Mechagon and complete the second objective.