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[[Image:Cabal.jpg|thumb|right|160px|CABAL in Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun: Firestorm.]]

The '''Computer Assisted Biologically Augmented Lifeform''', or '''CABAL''' for short is an [[artificial intelligence]] in the [[science fiction]] [[real-time strategy]] [[computer game]] [[Command & Conquer: Tiberian Series|Tiberian Series]] of the [[Command & Conquer]] franchise. 

Its purpose is twofold: it acts as a [[console]] interface between battlefield soldiers and their commander, and collates [[military espionage|intelligence]] and devises [[strategy]] of its own. It also knows how to translate the [[Tacitus (C&C)|Tacitus]], an object which holds the secret to [[Tiberium]].

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CABAL's origin is unknown (it is speculated that it is of [[Scrin]] origin). It was first acquired by the [[Brotherhood of Nod]] near the end of the [[Command & Conquer: Tiberian Series#Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn (1995)|First Tiberium War]]. When GDI commandos stormed [[Kane (C&C)|Kane's]] temple during the Sarajevo battle, they could heare it malfunctioning from the Temple damage. Between the First and [[Command & Conquer: Tiberian Series#Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun (1999)|Second Tiberium Wars]], Nod agents re-housed CABAL in a core in Egypt. CABAL assisted Kane loyalists in the overthrow of the [[Global Defence Initiative]]'s puppet Nod leader Hassan.

During the Second Tiberium War, CABAL was used as Nod's AI and Kane's artificial right-hand man. [[Command & Conquer: Tiberian Series#Firestorm Expansion (2000)|After the war]], remnants of Nod's Second Tiberium War force reactivated it, thinking they could use it as theire AI again. GDI also wanted CABAL, so they could use it to translate the Tacitus after the assassination of mutant leader ''Tratos'', (unknowingly by CABAL) the only other know translator of the mysterious artifact. But CABAL had a plans of its own. It commanded several Nod unapproved of missions, illegaly acquired the Tacitus and secretly built up a [[cyborg]] army. Later, CABAL severed links with Nod and GDI and began attacking Nod and GDI bases. This lead to the "unholy" alliance between Nod and GDI to destroy CABAL. They were successful. GDI recieved the Tacitus and Nod declared victory against the "single greatest threat to the survival of the Brotherhood".

==See also==

* [[Electronic Video Agent]]


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