Cabral

Cabral is a Cerebe, a giant brain encased in a two-meter in diameter black metal sphere. They were created by the Pliggeri to perform various tasks, such as regulating the engine systems of starships. In order to accomplish this, their spheres rested in an advanced housing that transported highly-charged plasma. During his time serving on a Pliggeri ship, he learned about the frilia flower, which was responsible for a condition that removed the facial bumps of a planet's population. (The Face Of Things That Went [BG])

Cabral and his housing were separated from their ship by an explosion. The housing was later picked up by the USS Secondprize. Cabral, meanwhile, zipped by the USS Explorer at warp nine. Almost 120 years later, Cabral detected his housing, which had been installed in the Hermes-7 by Lieutenant Shelly Marsden, who hoped that it would regulate the prototype anti-singularity drive. Cabral phased through the hull of the ship, settled into his housing, and took over the ship's engine systems in order to get to a date with Jacinda, another member of his species.

After learning that Jacinda was now seeing another brain, Cabral elected to remain aboard the ship, which was renamed the USS Anomaly, due to the connection he had made with Dr. Natalia Kasyov. (If I Only Had a Brain [BG])

When the Anomaly traveled to the Andromeda Galaxy, Cabral was taken by the Associates who put him to work in Department Five. (Do You Have Anything To Declare? [BG]), (Yes, We Do Indeed Have Something To Declare! [BG]) Despite his attempts to resist and escape, he was psychologically broken down by Neureena, the Local Area Supervisor for Department Five, and eventually gave in and started working on Department Five's task, contemplating the word "of". (Meanwhile, Back At The Ranch [BG])

Cabral dedicated himself to this new task and was selected for transfer to a different department. During this transfer, a rescue team from the Anomaly arrived at the Associates space station where Cabral was being held. Cabral was able to mentally connect with Balpar and direct the away team to a location where he could join them. Once rescued and reunited with Kasyov, Cabral operated the anti-sing drive for two weeks straight to return the ship to the Milky Way. (Disassociation [BG])

In order to give Cabral the ability to join in more of shipboard life and on away missions, Kasyov obtained a camera he could control remotely at the Green Borg Collective of Bargains. Marsden added anti-grav capabilities as well. The resulting device was Cabral's hovercam. (What Color Is Your Borg? [BG])

Cabral was able to devise a way to counter the energy weapons used by the Section 31 ship Sloan and joined the away team that went to the Mega-Sim to rescue Captain Reginald Bain, Lieutenant Commander Tovar, and Ensign Hector Arroyo. (Illusions Of Grandeur - Part One, Illusions Of Grandeur - Part Two [BG])

While travelling through Romulan space, Cabral was drawn to a barren world by a signal that he could not ignore. He learned that the world was Gathering Point, which was the final resting place for members of his species. It was watched over by Chindela, a Pliggeri. Chindela explained the world's purpose to Cabral and other members of the USS Anomaly crew and informed Cabral that the brain had about 3 years left until he expired. The solitude of being there alone for so many years caused Chindela to snap, and he tried to force Cabral to stay there, even going so far as to send the empty Cerebe spheres he'd sworn a duty to watch over after the Anomaly's away team. Cabral was able to get through to him, and Chindela realized the horror of what he'd done with the spheres he was supposed to take care of. He returned them to Gathering Point and, as a way of making it up to Cabral, removed Cabral's expiration date, so that he could live however long as he was able. (Music Of The Spheres [BG])