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Computer Assisted Biologically Augmented Lifeform
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]].
==Origin==
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 hear 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.
CABAL's name has many speculated origins:
*[[Kabbalah]] - this would reflect the Tiberian series' biblical undertones
*[[Cabal]] - the English word refers to a secret plot or underground political faction.
Both of those meanings have the same root, referring to some occult secret or conspiracy.⏎
==Game Involvement==
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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 their 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 ot(contracted; show full)==See also==
* [[Electronic Video Agent]]

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