Benito Clone is currently clone public enemy number 1 but once he was one of the top men in the HCS. A peerless tank commander with a Mussolini fixation, Benito rose quickly through the HCS ranks to become the commander of the crack 2nd Legion. He led the assault on Terra and was rewarded by being name the Governor of the occupied territories on old Earth, of course Benito called his territory New Rome and saw it as the chance to recreate the Roman Empire in his image.
However as Benito pushed for more power he started to anger Oojok who thought his ambition dangerous. When the HCS and DDS finished their war part of the peace terms was a withdrawal from Terra. Benito was forced to relocate New Rome from his beloved Italy to the damp and dismal Austini 55 on the far edge of the empire. In compensation Benito was granted other planets to govern but he found Austini 55 depressing after the glory of Rome. Benito launched an invasion of Wizard World which was successful but violated the terms of the HCS-Utrek demilitarised zone. The result was a short war between the HCS and Utrek which ended in stalemate but cost the clones several ships. Oojok, furious by Benito's actions, sent the ODS to arrest him.
Benito slipped away and became the leader of an underground resistance seeking to end the dominance of Oojok's religious regime. Recently he has started an uprising on Austini 55 that doesn't look like going away any time soon.
