Truth is, the game was rigged from the start! -Benny [Fallout New Vegas]

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Benny is the head of the Chairmen of New Vegas in 2281. He is the brains behind a complex scheme to usurp control of New Vegas from Mr. House and serves as a secondary antagonist in Fallout: New Vegas.

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Benny was a member of the tribal gang called the Boot Riders before Mr. House took over Vegas. As one of the three tribes who agreed to House's new rule, the Boot Riders were assigned to renovate The Tops casino. They were given suits and ties and renamed "The Chairmen." Benny saw the potential of New Vegas, but the tribe's chief at the time, Bingo, wanted to stay nomadic. To determine the direction of the tribe, Bingo challenged Benny to a knife fight, and the winner would be the leader of the tribe. Benny stabbed Bingo in the throat, killing him and winning the fight. Benny is quick to stamp out dissent among those Chairmen who support the old ways, even killing an old friend, an unnamed singer, with a Psycho overdose.

Benny's long-term goal is simple: to control New Vegas. The chances of such a thing happening seemed very slim, but as Benny himself would say, he was not done rigging the odds yet. After disabling one of Mr. House's PDQ-88b Securitrons with a pulse grenade, Benny brought it in for examination. Unable to fix it himself, he allowed Emily Ortal to inspect it in exchange for her reprogramming it. After finishing the reprogramming, the Securitron became known as Yes Man, an AI designed to obey every command given to him. Benny used Yes Man's compliant nature to interrogate him on the details of House's machinations.

He learned Mr. House had something buried underneath The Fort and of the platinum chip - the key to all of House's plans. He also learned of the seven couriers hired by Victor - six decoys and one carrying the chip. Using Yes Man, Benny was able to discover the route the Courier would take, and hired Jessup, McMurphy and Chance to help him finish the job. The Courier was bound, gagged, shot in the head, buried in an unmarked grave at Goodsprings Cemetery, and left for dead.

After betraying his Great Khan accomplices, Benny made his way to The Tops and stayed in the casino area with four loyal bodyguards. However, unbeknownst to Benny, the Courier was not dead... and his actions had not gone unnoticed by Mr. House either.