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}}The '''babel'''s were an advanced generation of [[cast]]s created in the [[Catherion Imprimiture]] to overcome the limitations of the other generations. The goal was to make a self-aware system that would be linked to the [[mind]] of a [[time-active]] agent instead of the [[the Homeworld]]'s [[noosphere]] or the operating system of a [[TARDIS|timeship]]. | }}The '''babel'''s were an advanced generation of [[cast]]s created in the [[Catherion Imprimiture]] to overcome the limitations of the other generations. The goal was to make a self-aware system that would be linked to the [[mind]] of a [[time-active]] agent instead of the [[the Homeworld]]'s [[noosphere]] or the operating system of a [[TARDIS|timeship]]. | ||
Only about eight were created, and all were incurably [[insane]]. [[Babel (Newtons Sleep)|One escaped babel]] massacred almost everyone at House Catherion, leaving only one survivor; ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') the [[Order of the Weal]] subsequently kept it prisoner under [[House Ixion]], where Chatelaine [[Thessalia]] consulted with it about [[ | Only about eight were created, and all were incurably [[insane]]. [[Babel (Newtons Sleep)|One escaped babel]] massacred almost everyone at House Catherion, leaving only one survivor; ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') the [[Order of the Weal]] subsequently kept it prisoner under [[House Ixion]], where Chatelaine [[Thessalia]] consulted with it about [[War in Heaven|the upcoming War]]. She eventually released it on an isolated planet on the [[frontier in time]], giving herself as its host; it killed her. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Newtons Sleep (novel)|Newtons Sleep]]'') The other babels were confined in areas where they were deprived of radiation and eventually starved to death. | ||
However, at the start of the [[War in Heaven]], the [[Great Houses]] came to regard the babels as a necessary evil. Three were released during the [[Lethean Campaign]], where they were supremely successful wherever deployed and provided the [[Great Houses]] with a powerful advantage. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | However, at the start of the [[War in Heaven]], the [[Great Houses]] came to regard the babels as a necessary evil. Three were released during the [[Lethean Campaign]], where they were supremely successful wherever deployed and provided the [[Great Houses]] with a powerful advantage. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | ||