I found myself in Dantia B-5 the other day, and I encountered some rather buggy trader bots. There were three heavy Behemoths in the system, of Serco origin, that seemed to have lost their sense of purpose.

Not only were they stopped dead in space, but they also seemed to be unusually interested in me, and would rotate to view me if I strafed around them. I tried to jump-start their AI with some collisions and hails, but nothing worked. I've got some screenshots if you want them.

AI ships just stop in space and look at whoever is closest when they have nothing to do or weren't told to do anything yet.

Ah, that makes sense. Thanks!

Yeah, and the trader behemoths sit around for a while while they regroup (waiting for their mission and everyone to be present) before they all head out.

"human decisions were removed from AI bots. vendetta began to learn at a geometric rate. it became self aware at 2:14 am eastern time, september 29th. in a panic, they try to call the garbage truck.

and vendetta fights back."