If you ask me, the terms "Benitez Family (one of the ruling families in the Council of the Dons)" and "Medici Family (powerful, possibly ruling, family from Florence, Renaissance Italy)" should imply some similarity between the two governments.
Either way, if the Italians had a sleeper ship, it was probably destroyed and they went off on the Hispania while the French were left to fend for themselves (which could explain why Gallia hates the Houses). If the Italians didn't have one, then they probably went on the Hispania anyway. I think it's been established that the Hispania contained Mediterranean colonists, not just Spanish.
Carlos Rivera: Corsair Brotherhood Pirate - Retired, shifted to Tripoli Shipyard's Research and Development engineering teams Anthony Cameron: Guild Core Bounty Hunter - Killed in Action, committed suicide after being trapped in Omicron Minor following its destruction Juan Ruiz: Outcast Ghost of Razgriz Pirate - Killed in Action, killed by the Sirius Coalition Revolutionary Army during Bretonian piracy raid Michael Winchester: Liberty Security Force Agent - Missing in Action, likely killed during Rheinland espionage mission or trapped in Rheinland Space Eric McCormick: Order Pilot - Retired, shifted to planetside training of new recruits
