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In the [[Homeworld]] series, the Bentusi are a race of space-faring technology traders, who help the [[Kushan (Homeworld)|Kushan]] fleet in their quest to find [[Hiigara]].

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[[Image:Bentusi 1.gif|thumb|Bentusi Exchange from ''[[Homeworld]]'']]
[[Image:Bentusi 2.jpg|thumb|Bentus, from ''[[Homeworld 2]]'']]
[[Image:Bentusi.jpg|thumb|A Bentusi attached to his ship (animatic screenshot)]]

(contracted; show full) exile, the Bentusi "demilitarized" their fleets, however their remaining tradeships still retained formidable firepower. Homeworld: Cataclysm introduced the 'super-acolyte' fighter, a swift assault craft sporting smaller ion cannons. If one assumes continuity between Homeworld: Cataclysm and Homeworld 2 (an assumption debated over by fans of the series), then the power of the original Bentusi fleet must have been unparalleled. Bentusi ships have only been seen armed with beam weaponry.
  

The Bentusi also have an unparalleled array of information at their disposal, and in the original Homeworld sold a wide variety of technologies, such as the Ion Cannon to the Kushan exiles. They require resources (RU) in return for this technology. What the Bentusi do with the resources is unknown, but it can be assumed that repairs to their vessels (which are their bodies in a sense, due to their physical integration) are important to their survival.

The information that the Bentusi have could also extend to that of a Progenitor level, repairing the '''Dreadnaught's Phase Cannon Array''' after it was used successfully against a Vaygr attack fleet, but becoming irrepairably damaged after overloading the array and becoming unrepairable using normal Hiigaran technology. In Homeworld Cataclysm, the Bentusi helped repair the '''Kuun-Lan's Siege Cannon''' by providing plans for reinforced superconducting heat sinks, which enabled the cannon to fire repeatedly. The Bentusi also complimented [[Kiith Somtaaw]] for finding such a weapon, being impressed by the skill of the lesser races that created it. However, Kiith Somtaaw did not create a weapon like this, it was salvaged in a sector of space where a battle was supposedly fought by another race, in an area surrounded by mines.

==Bentusi ships==
*[[Ships of Homeworld|Bentusi Exchange]]
*[[Ships of Homeworld|Bentusi Cargo Barge]]
*[[Ships of Homeworld|Super Acolyte]]
*[[Ships of Homeworld|Bentus]]
*[[Ships of Homeworld|Planet Killers]]

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