diff --git a/OpenRa.Game/OpenRa.Game.csproj b/OpenRa.Game/OpenRa.Game.csproj
index 657430e706..0ecffd43f7 100644
--- a/OpenRa.Game/OpenRa.Game.csproj
+++ b/OpenRa.Game/OpenRa.Game.csproj
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
     <Compile Include="IOrderGenerator.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Network\Packet.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Player.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Rules.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Sheet.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Harvester.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Log.cs" />
diff --git a/OpenRa.Game/Rules.cs b/OpenRa.Game/Rules.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..80fecb4adc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OpenRa.Game/Rules.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Text;
+using OpenRa.FileFormats;
+
+namespace OpenRa.Game
+{
+	static class Rules
+	{
+		static readonly Dictionary<string, UnitInfo> unitInfos = new Dictionary<string, UnitInfo>();
+
+		static Rules()
+		{
+			IniFile rulesIni = new IniFile( FileSystem.Open( "rules.ini" ) );
+			using( Stream s = FileSystem.Open( "units.txt" ) )
+			{
+				StreamReader reader = new StreamReader( s );
+
+				while( true )
+				{
+					string unit = reader.ReadLine();
+					if( unit == null )
+						break;
+					unit = unit.Substring( 0, unit.IndexOf( ',' ) );
+					IniSection section = rulesIni.GetSection( unit.ToUpperInvariant() );
+					if( section == null )
+					{
+						Log.Write( "rules.ini doesnt contain entry for unit \"{0}\"", unit );
+						continue;
+					}
+					unitInfos.Add( unit, new UnitInfo( section ) );
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		public static UnitInfo UnitInfo( string name )
+		{
+			return unitInfos[ name.ToUpperInvariant() ];
+		}
+	}
+
+	class UnitInfo
+	{
+		public readonly int Speed;
+
+		public UnitInfo( IniSection ini )
+		{
+			Speed = int.Parse( ini.GetValue( "Speed", "0" ) );
+		}
+	}
+
+	//Unit Missions:
+	//{
+	//	Sleep - no-op
+	//	Harmless - no-op, and also not considered a threat
+	//	Sticky
+	//	Attack
+	//	Move
+	//	QMove
+	//	Retreat
+	//	Guard
+	//	Enter
+	//	Capture
+	//	Harvest
+	//	Area Guard
+	//	[Return]
+	//	Stop
+	//	[Ambush]
+	//	Hunt
+	//	Unload
+	//	Sabotage
+	//	Construction
+	//	Selling
+	//	Repair
+	//	Rescue
+	//	Missile
+	//}
+}
diff --git a/OpenRa.Game/Unit.cs b/OpenRa.Game/Unit.cs
index 9571dd74bb..c88bce2450 100644
--- a/OpenRa.Game/Unit.cs
+++ b/OpenRa.Game/Unit.cs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ namespace OpenRa.Game
 		protected TickFunc nextOrder = null;
 
 		protected readonly float2 renderOffset;
+		protected readonly UnitInfo unitInfo;
 
 		public Unit( string name, int2 cell, Player owner, float2 renderOffset, Game game )
 			: base( game )
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ namespace OpenRa.Game
 			fromCell = toCell = cell;
 			this.renderOffset = renderOffset;
 			this.owner = owner;
+			this.unitInfo = Rules.UnitInfo( name );
 
 			animation = new Animation( name );
 			animation.PlayFetchIndex( "idle", delegate { return facing; } );
@@ -53,8 +55,6 @@ namespace OpenRa.Game
 			return highest;
 		}
 
-		const int Speed = 6;
-
 		public override void Tick( Game game, int t )
 		{
 			animation.Tick( t );
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ namespace OpenRa.Game
 				if( Turn( GetFacing( toCell - fromCell ) ) )
 					return;
 
-				moveFraction += t * Speed;
+				moveFraction += t * unitInfo.Speed;
 				if( moveFraction < moveFractionTotal )
 					return;
 
diff --git a/todo.todo b/todo.todo
index 14a685f1e9..fff0fd0ae6 100644
--- a/todo.todo
+++ b/todo.todo
@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@ OpenRA
 
 [ ] Rules.ini
 	[ ] Unit turn rate as specified in rules.ini
+	[ ] Load unit/building infos
 
 [ ] Ore
 	[ ] Better harvester logic - seek out more ore when harvesting, until full
+	[ ] Render it :D
 
 [ ] Weapons
 
@@ -52,9 +54,9 @@ OpenRA
 		Use FileSystem.Create() to automatically place output files on sensible mounts.
 
 	[ ] Ditch special unit classes, use templates extracted from rules.ini instead.
-		Push the special-case logic into code that can be named.
+		[ ] Push the special-case logic into code that can be named.
 
-	[ ] Remove all remaining `../../../` bullshit from the code. We should be able to set our datapaths
+	[x] Remove all remaining `../../../` bullshit from the code. We should be able to set our datapaths
 		externally, then `just go`. The FileSystem class is there to facilitate this.
 
 	[ ] Get rid of all the damned static classes! Makes it REALLY HARD to reuse code,