CABAL Labs

"Ein Sof."

## **Miscellaneous Information**

### Notable Members

Park Eun-mi, Cynthia Evanthe, Claire Ohashi, Lisova Anastasia Artemievna, Caitlyn Steele

### Theme Song

Tsumibito

**CABAL Labs**, also known colloquially as **CABAL** is a multinational corporation based in the United Federation on Earth. Recently, the organization has expanded its reach to other planets within the Sol system.

## History

CABAL Labs was founded after the Baptism in an effort to devise a method of energy generation that surpassed even antimatter dynamos as a result of the immense energy output that an antimatter weapon would produce, thereby making all defensive systems redundant. However, because of an emergency beacon arising from the Arecibo Missive, CABAL Labs' primary directive shifted to the production of Nociceptors.

Founded by incumbent director Park Eun-mi, CABAL Labs possessed an immense amount of capital even from its very inception as a result of Director Park's influence and resources thanks to her position in Avalon Interstellar. Its very first projects managed to produce an output equaling six-thousand antimatter dynamos in a closed structure. However, this still wasn't a reliable power source for any defensive measures levied against antimatter weaponry.

Although CABAL Labs continued its research in this direction for several years, it wasn't until Cynthia Evanthe was recruited after publishing her Four Principle Method that CABAL Labs became the world's leading producer of energy, outproducing rival corporations like Shimada Mass Drivers and Blinklight. Currently, CABAL Labs operates primarily in the energy sector, but has also looked into the development of spacecraft alongside its parent company and their partner, Starchaser Shipyards.

## Organizational Structure

CABAL Labs follows a straightforward and linear top-down chain of command. While an advisory board exists, it is ultimately the director that makes any final decisions regarding the company's goals and future projects.

* **Director:** The director is the ultimate authority of CABAL Labs, answerable only to their superiors in Avalon Interstellar.
* **Directive Advisors:** There are a total of twelve directive advisors who sit on the advisory board. Each advisor only possesses authority over their assigned department. Their responsibility is to draft plans, deliberate company goals, and ensure that company production does not drop beneath the quarterly quota.
* **Department Head:** While a department head can also serve as a directive advisor, vesting so much power into one individual is usually rare. A department head is responsible for all personnel within their department and ensuring that the quarterly goals of their department are met. Although department heads must mostly defer to the directive advisor of their department, their authority can sometimes exceed a directive advisor's.
* **Senior Personnel:** Senior personnel can hold many different titles, but their effective authority extends solely to the department that they are a part of. Most senior personnel do not have much authority over the company's mission but are in charge of optimizing their teams and ensuring that projected targets are being met.
* **Regular Personnel:** Regular personnel are normal employees. They can hold many different titles just like senior personnel, but are often subordinate to them and assist senior personnel in projects.

### Clearance Levels

Although employees of CABAL Labs can hold different forms or levels of authority within the company, their position does not always guarantee them access to information, especially when sensitive information such as clandestine projects are underway. Because of this, lower ranked personnel may have higher clearance levels than higher ranked personnel at times.

* **5:** Level 5 is the highest level of clearance that an employee can possess. An employee with level 5 clearance can enter almost any section of a CABAL Labs facility and access nearly any document in the database. This clearance level is granted only out of necessity for those who require access to top secret operations, files, or projects in order to complete their tasks. Level 5 clearance can only be granted or revoked by the director.
* **4:** Level 4 is the second highest level of clearance that an employee can possess. This is the standard clearance level that one requires in order to be considered for the position of Department Head. Usually, level 4 clearance allows an employee to access almost all but the most classified information in their specific department's database.
* **3:** Level 3 clearance is typically the standard level of clearance granted to an employee. It allows a holder to access most work-related documents necessary for their job, but prevents access to classified or secret documents. In fact, most employees with this level of clearance are not even aware of the existence of level 4 or 5 classified projects.
* **2:** Level 2 clearance is reserved for external contractors or outsourced employees. While level 2 clearance is similar to level 3 clearance in that the clearance level allows for the access of necessary work-related documents, level 2 clearance does not grant building access nor does it grant database credentials. Employees with level 2 clearance submitting work files must first submit them to an individual with a clearance level of 3 or above before their files can be physically stored or placed in the company database. Similarly, employees with only a level 2 clearance must be accompanied by an individual with a clearance level of 3 or above at all times during visits to any of the company buildings and may not use any facilities that bring them out of that individual's line of sight, including washrooms.
* **1:** Level 1 clearance is essentially access only to the public sector and face of the company. This level of clearance is held mostly my sales or marketing individuals who only require the most basic of knowledge in order to promote and sell the product. Everything that an employee with level 1 clearance knows can also be accessed through the company's official website or via a public search.

#### Sub-Levels

Because of the nature of clearance levels, certain disparities can arise when lower-ranked personnel are placed on a research team operating with classified information or documents. Because of this, clearance sub-levels were created to rectify this issue and preserve the integrity of the company's secrets while still facilitating a smooth workflow. Clearance sub-levels typically only apply to a specific project instead of being an overall measure of clearance.

* **ALEPH:** The highest level of sub-clearance possible. Those who hold an ALEPH level sub-clearance are far and few, and not even Directive Advisors may have access to this clearance level at times. An individual who holds this level of clearance usually does not possess it for long and only holds it during the duration of whatever project requires such high level clearance. An individual with ALEPH level sub-clearance is capable of accessing all information pertaining to the ALEPH designated project or document.
* **WAW:** The second highest level of sub-clearance possible. An individual with WAW level sub-clearance is generally a direct assistant to the project director and therefore requires an extremely high level of clearance pertaining to the project in order to properly conduct their work duties. However, despite the WAW sub-clearance's ability to access information regarding their project, they may still be kept in the dark regarding more classified sections of the project.
* **HE:** HE level sub-clearance is typically what a researcher operating on a project would hold. This level of sub-clearance grants the researcher enough information to properly complete their job as well as general information regarding the project itself, but not enough to discern any important details about the project.
* **TETH:** While this level of sub-clearance is unusual for individuals who are assigned to work on a project, it is mostly given to employees originating from departments outside of the department currently conducting the project. Such employees are given enough information to properly complete their assigned task, but are kept in the dark regarding the project itself.
* **ZAYIN:** An almost never seen level of clearance, the ZAYIN sub-level of clearance is used only when external individuals are granted access to any information regarding a research project. This sub-level of clearance is mostly given to reporters or journalists who manage to secure an interview with a project director or other staff member. Those who hold this sub-level of clearance are only given information that reflect the company positively.

## Goals

While CABAL Labs' public statement is to produce a perpetual source of energy for the betterment of mankind, their true objective has shifted after acquiring Cynthia Evanthe. Although they still seek to produce perpetual energy, their primary objective is now to master the manipulation of space and time in order to perfect the June-Jacaranda Warp Drive.

## Notable Members

* **Park Eun-mi:** The director of CABAL Labs and board member of Avalon Interstellar, Park Eun-mi is a woman shrouded in mysterious origins who mostly keeps her private life to herself. However, a popular rumor states that she was actually a Named before retiring and taking a more active role in corporate life.
* **Claire Ohashi:** A graduate of Hitachi University in the Metropolis, Claire Ohashi entered CABAL Labs after being offered an enormous salary and bonus thanks to her prodigal programming skills and superhuman knowledge regarding artificial intelligence development. Although her prowess was doubted at first due to her easygoing and kind nature, her creation of SERAPH—the world's first true artificial intelligence—immediately silenced everyone.
* **Caitlyn Steele:** A former Named, Caitlyn Steele was said to have been raised in the Nest. Once she became of age, she immediately entered military service in order to escape her dismal life, only to be discharged after her first year of service. She then became a Handyman under Aegis PMC for five years before becoming the medical department head at CABAL Labs.
* **Cynthia Evanthe:** Originally a member of Kesselis Labs, Cynthia graduated at the top of her class from Ailheim University in the Cradle. After quickly becoming renowned in the field of planar particle physics, she sought to publish her thesis on the Four Principle Method but was rejected by Kesselis on the basis of her methodology being too unethical. For this reason, she entered employment at CABAL Labs.

## Notable Achievements

* Completed the Warp Elevator after aiding T-Corporation with their research project.
* Produced a nigh-perpetual source of energy in the form of a particle known as "Nociceptors."
* Aided in the development of the June-Jacaranda Warp Drive.
* Constructed the world's first Red Mirror, allowing for the founding of Crimson Corporation.

## Trivia

* CABAL Labs is the only company with two former Nameds in employment.