The intendants played a role similar to that of bureaucrats, organizers and logistics personnel in other species. They were responsible for keeping supply lines open, and for supplying the obedient with their vital needs. They also tended to the creatures made by the shapers and served as the spies and advanced scouts for invasion forces. While the warriors and priests looked down on them as devious, the intendants did the actual governing of the Yuuzhan Vong empire, and had the ability to adapt—something the other castes lacked. Unlike the other elite castes, they did not possess a war cry and were also the smallest of the castes.