Netrek: Robots

The Netrek community toyed with various enhancements before most servers began validating clients to ensure a level playing field:

• INFORMATIONAL-BORG The simplest modification produces a client that merely shows the user things they aren't supposed to be able to see: like cloaked ships. They also concentrate information that the user usually has to actively request. The human still completely controls the ship.
• COMBAT-BORG These clients add the ability to automatically target torpedoes and phasers. They also often include the ability to more effectively dodge torpedoes or manage shields. The human still directly controls all aspects navigation as well as non-combat functions.
• ROBOTS Finally we reach the fully autonomous robot. This is a program that knows about the standard netrek programs and has some rudimentary ability to make decisions about which program to run. Bots include a command interface that allows a human to override this decision process by typing imperative commands.