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[[Image:Cabal.jpg|right|thumb|200px|CABAL in the Firestorm expansion of Tiberian Sun]]
The '''Computer Assisted Biologically Augmented Lifeform''' ('''CABAL''') was a sinister and highly advanced [[artificial intelligence]] in the [[Command & Conquer: Tiberian Series|Tiberian Series]] of [[Command & Conquer]], which, as its name implies, was augmented by numerous human beings who were kept artificially alive within [[Stasis (fiction)|stasis(contracted; show full)". The AI can almost be described as a considerably more blunt form of [[Kane (Command & Conquer)|Kane]] himself, reasoning much like the man but doing away with the mysticism and riddles and getting straight to the point at hand. CABAL's amorality allowed it to consider actions without concern for any and all non-allies, fully including neutral forces and civilians alike. Indeed, at one point in the aforementioned Nod campaign of ''Tiberian Sun'', Slavik ordered CABAL to 
"define what it called a "favorable outcome" to which the AI swiftly responded: "They all ''die''.".

In the ''Firestorm'' expansion of ''Tiberian Sun'', it showed its true colours.  CABAL's master plan forms the backbone of the game's initial missions, manipulating both the GDI and Nod into helping it carry out its plans. Its personality finally manifests, occasionally using [[Poetry|poetic]] speech, mocking people, maintaining a heavy dose of [[sarcasm]], speaking in a highly-[[Patronage|patronizing]] tone and having an overall air of superiority and arr(contracted; show full)It appears as the end boss in the final portal world (which is a nuclear wasteland) in an abandoned NOD structure, and must be defeated in order to obtain the final shard of the shining path. CABAL has control of all the defense systems of the base, so to Copper, who comes from a world technologically equal to the middle ages, thinks that it is in fact a magician.

==See also==
* [[Electronic Video Agent]]

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