Editing Cauldron (section)

==Structure==
[[Doctor Mother]] largely made decisions for the group, with advice from [[Contessa]] and others.<ref>“Okay.  What if I made the decisions from here on out?  You tell me if I’m going down the wrong path, give me direction where it’s needed. - [[Interlude 29]]</ref> She acted as the spokesperson when talking with leaders of various groups.

Cauldron has many human and parahuman personnel in its internal staff, including parahumans that are effectively acting as tools, carrying out roles and functions like pieces of a greater machine.<ref>PitaEnigma: So basically Contessa refused to talk to anyone other than Doctor Mother<br>PitaEnigma: and people outside of Cauldron?<br>Cyrix: eeeeh<br>Cyrix: I am unsure how and why you jump to that conclusion<br>Mishie: Uh<br>PitaEnigm>: Because it's a funny mental image, mostly<br>Mishie: Wat<br>Cyrix: thats not a very good reason<br>Wildbow: Not refused. Just wasn't necessary. The Triumvirate would've felt like their hands were being forced if Contessa got involved.<br>Wildbow: Doctor Mother speaking is a little less threatening & a little more organic.<br> abyssonym: that's right, they agreed to let her do most of the talking<br>Wildbow: They're ~surrounded~ by mostly mute people acting as tools.<br>Wildbow: The clairvoyant, doormaker, the custodian, countless deviants.<br>Wildbow: The slug. - [https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/35365744/ Wildbow on IRC, archived on Spacebattles]</ref> This approach also applied when operating outside, when needed they would tap a decentralized network of agents to handle operations.<ref name="II5.x eDefections">[Citrine] had seen and worked out the state of Cauldron over the years, after taking over [[Accord|Accord’s]] position as head of the [[Ambassadors]].  She’d known it to be a very large place with very little staff.  That much remained true now.  When they needed it, as they did now, they could tap their scattered group and make things happen.  It was the nature of their group and the people they collected that when they gathered together, they worked together like a perfectly engineered machine.<br>[...]<br>“Balminder,” Kurt said.<br><br>''The thief, ''Jeanne thought.''  The Dealer.  He absconded with as many vials as he could take.  Kurt had said that along with Manton’s defection, it was one of a series of betrayals that led to Cauldron keeping their roster small and disconnected.'' - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/04/07 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 5x II]]</ref>