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Central Bureau of Administrative Services
中央管理局

Logo from Shin Megami Tensei: Nine

Other Name(s) C.B.A.S.
Location(s) Tokyo
Idea Space
Affiliation(s) Neo-Messians

The Central Bureau of Administrative Services (C.B.A.S.) is a group in Shin Megami Tensei: Nine. They are in charge of the underground city as well as the Idea Space, and they employ Debackers[a] to fight Noise in the Idea Space.

Profile

The C.B.A.S. was founded in 2017 to govern the underground city, and it would be handed control of the Idea Space in 2022.[2]

Game Appearances

Shin Megami Tensei: Nine

Trivia

  • The Deluxe Pack for Shin Megami Tensei: Nine contains several C.B.A.S.-branded items: a binder, an ID card, a key chain, and eight sheets of loose-leaf paper (C.B.A.S. Data) with information about the game's setting, demons, characters, and timeline. Additionally, the box of the Deluxe Pack itself has a C.B.A.S. logo.
  • According to the dummy data, the temporary name of this organization during development was "Little Heart".[3]

Nomenclature

Names in Other Languages
Language Name Meaning
Japanese 中央管理局 Chūō kanrikyoku Central Administration Bureau; officially Central Bureau of Administrative Services (C.B.A.S.)
チューオーShortened nickname Chūō Katakana spelling of 中央, meaning "central"

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Notes

  1. ↑ Japanese: デバッカー, romanized Debakkā; a combination of "Debugger" and "Hacker"[1]

References

  1. ↑ "“デバッガー”と“ハッカー”を合わせた造語で、中央管理局員のことを指す。特別なナビの使用が認められており、これを用いてノイズの除去を行なう。また、通常は一人一体しか与えられないナビを複数ストックし、交換して使用することができるなど、様々な特権を与えられている。" Shin Megami Tensei: Nine operations manual. Japanese. p. 11.
  2. ↑ Page description: A timeline of events. C.B.A.S. Data. Japanese. p. 15.
  3. ↑ "その結果、地下都市を制圧する「リトルハート」(仮)と呼ばれる管理局を設立し、人々の統治を行うようになる。" Shin Megami Tensei: Nine (Xbox). Developed by Atlus, NexTech. Published by Atlus. Japanese.