Editing Gesellschaft (section)

==Modus operandi==
[[Purity]] speculated that they would sabotage [[Golem]]'s efforts against the [[Slaughterhouse Nine]] "if it meant killing a thousand Americans".<ref name="I18 e1">“And they didn’t,” Justin said.  “Which means we have to assume Jack’s going to follow through.  That gives us a time limit.  Theo needs powers, he needs training, we need to find the Nine, and we need to stop them.  What if we went to the Gesellschaft?”<br><br>Kayden glanced at the other two who were sitting at the table.  Dorothy and Geoff.  Neither of the two had reacted to the name of the organization that had created them.  Or, at least, they hadn’t reacted outwardly. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/01/31/interlude-18-donation-bonus-2/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 18.y]]</ref>

They would not give assistance without strings attached. They created parahumans for use as weapons, and then interfered in their lives to ensure that they would be "best positioned for the cause". [[Crusader]] speculated that [[Night]] and [[Fog]] had been positioned as members of the [[Pure]] both to help ensure their success as a neo-Nazi group, and as potential countermeasures should they become a threat.<ref name="I18 e2">“The Empire fell.  The Chosen fell.  Only Kayden Anders and her Pure remain.  If they hope to retain any foothold in the Americas, it’ll be through you.”<br><br>“I don’t want to give them a foothold in the Americas.”<br><br>“By the sole fact that you exist, you’re giving it to them.  Your reputation, your success, it gives the Gesellschaft the opportunity to say, their cause is being furthered in the West.  Even if your goals and theirs are only aligned in abstract.  So they leave Night and Fog in your care, because it keeps you dangerous, it helps ensure your success, and maybe because it gives them a way to strike at you if they decide you’re a danger to the cause.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/01/31/interlude-18-donation-bonus-2/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 18.y]]</ref>

Gesellschaft were theorized to view the [[Pure]] as a "foothold in America", although [[Purity]] objected to this characterization of them - their reputation and success gave Gesellschaft an opportunity to claim their cause was being furthered in the West, even if their goals were only broadly aligned.<ref name="I18">[https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/01/31/interlude-18-donation-bonus-2/ Interlude 18 - Crusader]</ref>