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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]] [[video games]], which, as its name implies, was augmented by numerous human beings who were kept artificially alive within [[Stasis (fiction)|stasis]] tubes and whose [[Human brain|brains]] had been integrally linked to, and [[synchronized]] with, the AI's system core. CABAL was used by the Brotherhood of Nod as their tactical and logistical console throughout the [[Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun|Second Tiberium War]], and it also acted as the networked command hub for the Brotherhood's Tiberium-based cyborg programme. Although essentially gender-neutral, as it was primarily an artificial entity, CABAL was always portrayed as male in both virtual appearance and voice.

==Origin==
CABAL's origin is kept unknown by the designers of the game. To give the story more depth there are some in-game speculations. with some speculation placing it to be based on a combination of reverse-engineered [[Scrin#The Scrin|Scrin]] technology and a captured [[GDI]]'s [[Electronic Video Agent|EVA]] unit. It was first acquired by the Brotherhood of Nod near the end of the [[Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn|First Tiberium War]]. When [[Global Defense Initiative|GDI]] commandos stormed [[Kane (Command & Conquer)|Kane's]] temple (last mission in Renegade), it could be heard malfunctioning from the severe damage the Temple had incurred from the [[Ion Cannon]]. Between the First and [[Command &(contracted; show full)

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

==Source==
[[Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun]]<br />
[[Command & Conquer: Renegade]]<br />
All published by [[Electronic Arts]]<br />