diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Effects/RallyPoint.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Effects/RallyPoint.cs
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..618ef42943
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Effects/RallyPoint.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+#region Copyright & License Information
+/*
+ * Copyright 2007-2010 The OpenRA Developers (see AUTHORS)
+ * This file is part of OpenRA, which is free software. It is made 
+ * available to you under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation. For more information,
+ * see LICENSE.
+ */
+#endregion
+
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using OpenRA.Effects;
+using OpenRA.Graphics;
+using OpenRA.Mods.RA;
+using OpenRA.Traits;
+
+namespace OpenRA.Mods.RA.Effects
+{
+	class RallyPoint : IEffect
+	{
+		Actor building;
+		RA.RallyPoint rp;
+		public Animation flag = new Animation("rallypoint");
+		public Animation circles = new Animation("rallypoint");
+		
+		public RallyPoint(Actor building) 
+		{ 
+			this.building = building;
+			rp = building.Trait<RA.RallyPoint>();
+			flag.PlayRepeating("flag");
+			circles.Play("circles");
+		}
+
+		public void Tick( World world )
+		{
+			flag.Tick();
+			circles.Tick();
+			if (!building.IsInWorld || building.IsDead())
+				world.AddFrameEndTask(w => w.Remove(this));
+		}
+
+		public IEnumerable<Renderable> Render()
+		{
+			if (building.IsInWorld && building.Owner == building.World.LocalPlayer && building.World.Selection.Actors.Contains(building))
+			{
+				var pos = Traits.Util.CenterOfCell(rp.rallyPoint);
+				yield return new Renderable(circles.Image, 
+					pos - .5f * circles.Image.size, 
+					building.Owner.Palette, (int)pos.Y);
+
+				yield return new Renderable(flag.Image, 
+					pos + new float2(-1,-17), 
+					building.Owner.Palette, (int)pos.Y);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/OpenRA.Mods.RA.csproj b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/OpenRA.Mods.RA.csproj
index 3cead6e810..c54f30db40 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/OpenRA.Mods.RA.csproj
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/OpenRA.Mods.RA.csproj
@@ -324,6 +324,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Widgets\Delegates\SettingsMenuDelegate.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Widgets\Delegates\VideoPlayerDelegate.cs" />
     <Compile Include="TargetableSubmarine.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Effects\RallyPoint.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\OpenRA.FileFormats\OpenRA.FileFormats.csproj">
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/RallyPoint.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/RallyPoint.cs
index 55a0dd2a30..4943dc1fa4 100755
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/RallyPoint.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/RallyPoint.cs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using OpenRA.Graphics;
 using OpenRA.Traits;
+using OpenRA.Mods.RA.Effects;
 
 namespace OpenRA.Mods.RA
 {
@@ -22,25 +23,16 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.RA
 		public object Create(ActorInitializer init) { return new RallyPoint(init.self); }
 	}
 
-	public class RallyPoint : IRender, IIssueOrder, IResolveOrder, ITick
+	public class RallyPoint : IIssueOrder, IResolveOrder
 	{
 		[Sync]
 		public int2 rallyPoint;
-		public Animation anim;
 
 		public RallyPoint(Actor self)
 		{
 			var info = self.Info.Traits.Get<RallyPointInfo>();
 			rallyPoint = self.Location + new int2(info.RallyPoint[0], info.RallyPoint[1]);
-			anim = new Animation("flagfly");
-			anim.PlayRepeating("idle");
-		}
-
-		public IEnumerable<Renderable> Render(Actor self)
-		{
-			if (self.Owner == self.World.LocalPlayer && self.World.Selection.Actors.Contains(self))
-				yield return Traits.Util.Centered(self,
-					anim.Image, Traits.Util.CenterOfCell(rallyPoint));
+			self.World.AddFrameEndTask(w => w.Add(new Effects.RallyPoint(self)));
 		}
 
 		public IEnumerable<IOrderTargeter> Orders
@@ -62,8 +54,6 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.RA
 				rallyPoint = order.TargetLocation;
 		}
 
-		public void Tick(Actor self) { anim.Tick(); }
-
 		class RallyPointOrderTargeter : IOrderTargeter
 		{
 			public string OrderID { get { return "SetRallyPoint"; } }
@@ -76,7 +66,12 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.RA
 
 			public bool CanTargetLocation(Actor self, int2 location, List<Actor> actorsAtLocation, bool forceAttack, bool forceMove, bool forceQueued, ref string cursor)
 			{
-				return self.World.Map.IsInMap(location);
+				if (self.World.Map.IsInMap(location))
+				{
+					cursor = "ability";
+					return true;
+				}
+				return false;
 			}
 
 			public bool IsQueued { get { return false; } } // unused
diff --git a/mods/cnc/sequences/misc.yaml b/mods/cnc/sequences/misc.yaml
index 12ec49cd5a..657fb8ad46 100644
--- a/mods/cnc/sequences/misc.yaml
+++ b/mods/cnc/sequences/misc.yaml
@@ -87,8 +87,11 @@ rank:
 		Start: 0
 		Length: *
 
-flagfly:
-	idle:
+rallypoint:
+	flag:flagfly
+		Start: 0
+		Length: *
+	circles:fpls
 		Start: 0
 		Length: *
 
diff --git a/mods/ra/sequences.yaml b/mods/ra/sequences.yaml
index 406f67534e..a591a21179 100644
--- a/mods/ra/sequences.yaml
+++ b/mods/ra/sequences.yaml
@@ -849,8 +849,11 @@ v2:
 		Start: 0
 		Facings: 32
 
-flagfly:
-	idle:
+rallypoint:
+	flag:flagfly
+		Start: 0
+		Length: *
+	circles:fpls
 		Start: 0
 		Length: *