Dylan,
Thanks for sharing information on the presence of something like this. I wasn't aware of this.
Now to come back to answering your question, there is no easy way of doing it. The server object is embedded within the Hub and gets initialized only when the Hub actually boots up. So if you would need this, you would need to do the following:
1. Add a dependency to the selenium grid library
2. create a package called "org.openqa.grid.web"
3. Duplicate Hub.java into your test project.
4. Make your changes.
5. Transform your project into an uber jar.
6. Run it just as how you would run the selenium standalone for Hub/Node modes.
Thanks & Regards
Krishnan Mahadevan
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