We Are Fearsome Villains, But We Follow This Loser

So why do the Time Stealers listen to Booster's dad? I've been wondering about this since last month, when there was an interlude at the Time Stealers' posh sandstone looking headquarters at the End of Time. "Black Beetle" says Supernova (Booster's dad) made it clear that they have to wreck Booster's confidence to stop the Time Masters. Then he starts giving Degaton orders, telling him he can kill Rip Hunter, but he better not touch his ancestors that are currently running around with Rip. And Degaton just says 'Consider it done'.

This just seems terribly out of whack. I mean, Degaton, Despero, and the Ultra-Humanite are all major threats on their own, why are they taking orders from this gambling addict? My first thought was they're just playing along until he stops being useful, then they'll dispose of him. But after Dark Supernova stops talking to Degaton, there's a panel with a close-up of the Ultra-Humanite's face as Supernova tells him to come along, and he looks, well drugged. Or else just really mellow. I suppose this could be old hat to U-H, and he's just bored, but was there anything in that suit that would grant mind control powers?