#ff7 intermission

Robed man number 49, Macro, Tifa's neighbor. Later turn into Jenova Dreamweaver

Robed man number 2, appeared in sector 5. Later turn into Sephiroth, who carries no 49 and jumps off Shinra HQ roof.

Robed man number 11. The first robed man Yuffie encounters when she arrives in Midgard.

Robed man number 6. Before he's Broden- the inn keeper in Kalm, former SOLDIER and an Avanlanche supporter.

Updated: Robed man number 36. A patient of Dr. Sheiran in Corel. He turns into Sephiroth for a moment to warn Cloud about Tifa.

Robed man number SC4. Former 3rd class SOLDIER named Roche.

Seem like the number depends on when the person is injected with Mako and not when they turn into robed man. Cos if later is the case, Broden would've had a bigger number since he transforms quite late. So no.49 is quite young, and no.2 could be even older than Barret

Bonus:

Test subject number CDA-7. Currently known as Chadley, an intern for Shinra's Research and Development Division, a materia researcher, and Professors Hojo's cyborg assistant.

how was it implied that they were there as a result of rufus

Ah -cracks knuckles- time to revisit some Remake cutscenes!

But first, just for a more complete background on my thoughts, a big part of my take comes from what we know about Rufus's role as the main source of funds for Avalanche in Before Crisis. It's unclear what of BC still holds for the purposes of Remake, but these are basically the moments I see the game making nods to that, even though (theoretically) by the time of Remake, Rufus and Avalanche should have long ago parted ways.

Tseng's phone call.

"The VP needs us."

The next we see the Turks, they're with Rufus, on the helipad at the top of Shinra tower. Rufus had no clue who Cloud even was at this point. He certainly wasn't there to fight him. He was there to kill his dad (not the first time he's tried); Sephiroth just beat him to the punch.

2. Wedge's report from the mayor's office.

Wedge comes on and tells the main party that HQ is there to "flush out the president." Given Rufus's historic relationship to Avalanche and the fact he just called in the Turks, it makes a lot of sense that he was the one to rally the troops. It was all hands on deck to cause the necessary chaos to go commit patricide.

3. Zhijie's tease (from Intermission).

While Solider is trying to beat Zhijie's informant out of him, first he tells them it was Heidegger. When he's told "Wrong answer!" and is hit again, he comes back with, "All right, all right, I'll tell you. It was Rufus."

To me this is either:

a) Zhijie being sassy knowing these guys won't even believe the truth

or

b) SE making a huge wink at their audience who know what's up

(or both, tbh XD)

There may have been a few other throwaway lines from Intermission that I'm not thinking of now, but these are the main three things that, in combination with my knowledge of BC, have formed the foundation of my belief that it was Rufus who called them in.

Thanks for the question! I love theorizing about these games.