Just did it 5 minutes ago, finally got Shield Recharge. Also, Kenu said tonight that the next patch should fix the mission, so if you don't feel like messing with the workaround just wait a few days. Hopefully. Anyway, here's the steps I took...
1. Get the drone and Insig/Canister missions from Louden.
2. Run to earth and grab the O2 Canisters
3. Talk to Louden again, select the 2nd dialog option ("What's there to do around here?" or something like that) and he'll warn you about Holly.
4. Talk to Holly but don't select any dialog options, just X out of her convo.
5. Talk to Louden again, he should give you the 1st step of the Shield Charging mission now.
6. Go back to Earth, get the insignias and the Orb Weaver ML
7. Back to Louden, this time he'll take the 20k creds.
8. Talk to him one more time, and he'll take the ML and give you the skill.
The important part no one was mentioning here was the part about Xing out of Holly's convo, which is what worked for me.