piggybacking off my last post, when it comes to Bud's Buds, it seems to me that Bud Askins was getting desperate to fill the cyro pods.
We know Hank and Stephanie know a LOT, if not everything, about what Vault Tec intended for Vaults 32 and 33. Betty knows SOMETHING, but its not clear how much.
Ronnie knew something as well, but not nearly as much, or he would never have trusted Norm to begin with, and then so on and so forth until we get to poor sweet Claudia who only had that job a week.
I don't think most of the Buds were told about what they were getting volunteered for. Clearly they aren't on Hank's level, or Steph's or even Betty's. Too easily manipulated, almost naive in some cases.
I also dont think they'd have been able to assimilate into the other two vaults like the previous 31s did. They were probably put into the vault with the expectation that Reclamation Day would happen much sooner and they could act on Vault Tec's interests under the direction of the more senior members. Junior managers indeed.
(Maybe with the exeception of Ronnie who demonstrates the kind of ruthlessness and cunning that Bud seemed to prize.)
Or, in the event that Reclamation Day doesn't happen soon enough, perhaps to be used as FEV fodder? Either way, most of the Buds seem like they were seat fillers. Chosen for obedience, rather than intelligence.
