Benny



Benny is the head of the Chairmen from New Vegas in 2281.

Background
A smooth-talking criminal who is in command of the Chairmen in New Vegas, he has the tribal background to let him walk and fight with the best the Wastelands have to offer. He serves as an antagonist for the Courier, though only because the Courier was an obstacle in his plan to take control of Las Vegas.

Interactions with the player character
Benny appears in the intro cutscene for Fallout: New Vegas, shooting the Courier. During They Went That-a-Way, Manny Vargas is the first one to give the player Benny's name, and where he went. When the player gets to the Strip, Ring-A-Ding-Ding starts and Benny is located at The Tops casino, which he runs. The player can opt to shoot him on sight (either with a concealed weapon, or by talking with Swank and passing a series of speech checks, which allows you to bring your weapons inside), or, using the Black Widow/Confirmed Bachelor perk, follow him upstairs to his room and deal with him there. If the player does not confront Benny here or allows him to escape during the confrontation he will be captured by Caesar and held at The Fort for the player to deal with later. If the player chooses to follow under the rule of Caesar, he/she may choose to end Benny in one of several different ways or to help him escape. Benny holds the unique Maria 9mm Pistol.

Benny is characterized as a brutal pragmatist, though not devoid of a sense of honor, opting to personally shoot the Courier rather than have his hired Khans do it for him. However, whether or not this was simply because the Khans were not willing to kill someone who would bring the Strip down on them (as revealed in 'All Roads') is somewhat ambiguous. Similarly, he kills an unnamed singer who was once a member of his old tribe (all of whom had gone on to become the Chairmen) with a Psycho overdose when he (the singer) was unable to become complacent with his life on the Strip. When he offers the same fate to the traumatized mute Chance, it is left to readers to decide if it was a genuine gesture of understanding, or if he simply wanted Chance dead to quicken the group's pace. Both show his skills as an orator, though the latter would run alongside his tendency toward an almost businessman's approach to his own preservation.

Notable quotes

 * "Maybe Khans kill people without looking them in the face, but I ain't a fink, dig?"
 * "From where you're kneeling, it must seem like an 18-carat string of bad luck. But the truth is... the game was rigged from the start."

Appearances
Benny appears in Fallout: New Vegas and All Roads.

Bugs

 * Once you have the option to crucify Benny, and you choose to do so, he will end up being crucified outside of The Fort. When you go to his crucifix, you will see two Benny's, one crucified, and the other one standing behind the crucifix. The Benny that isn't crucified can be talked to, and you can also kill him for Maria and his suit.