diff --git a/OpenRa.Game/Game.cs b/OpenRa.Game/Game.cs
index 5bb5b2d719..b9d289d5f9 100644
--- a/OpenRa.Game/Game.cs
+++ b/OpenRa.Game/Game.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ using OpenRa.Game.GameRules;
 using OpenRa.Game.Graphics;
 using OpenRa.Game.Traits;
 using OpenRa.Game.Support;
+using System.Net.Sockets;
 
 namespace OpenRa.Game
 {
@@ -79,8 +80,10 @@ namespace OpenRa.Game
 			soundEngine = new ISoundEngine();
 			sounds = new Cache<string, ISoundSource>(LoadSound);
 
+			var socket = new TcpClient( "127.0.0.1", 1234 );
+
 			orderManager = (Replay == "")
-				? new OrderManager(new[] { new LocalOrderSource() }, "replay.rep")
+				? new OrderManager(new[] { new NetworkOrderSource( socket ) }, "replay.rep")
 				: new OrderManager(new[] { new ReplayOrderSource(Replay) });
 
 			PlaySound("intro.aud", false);
diff --git a/OpenRa.Game/OrderManager.cs b/OpenRa.Game/OrderManager.cs
index 5f86d5dfb6..bf7f714e74 100755
--- a/OpenRa.Game/OrderManager.cs
+++ b/OpenRa.Game/OrderManager.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ using System.Text;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Net;
 using IjwFramework.Types;
+using System.Net.Sockets;
 
 namespace OpenRa.Game
 {
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ namespace OpenRa.Game
 				return false;
 
 			foreach( var p in players )
-				p.Tick( localOrders );
+				p.SendLocalOrders( frameNumber, localOrders );
 
 			if( savingReplay != null )
 				savingReplay.Write( frameNumber );
@@ -58,22 +59,23 @@ namespace OpenRa.Game
 
 	interface OrderSource
 	{
-		void Tick( List<Order> localOrders );
-		List<Order> OrdersForFrame( int frameNumber );
+		void SendLocalOrders( int localFrame, List<Order> localOrders );
+		List<Order> OrdersForFrame( int currentFrame );
 	}
 
 	class LocalOrderSource : OrderSource
 	{
-		List<Order> orders;
+		Dictionary<int, List<Order>> orders = new Dictionary<int,List<Order>>();
 
-		public void Tick( List<Order> localOrders )
+		public List<Order> OrdersForFrame( int currentFrame )
 		{
-			orders = localOrders;
+			// TODO: prune `orders` based on currentFrame.
+			return orders[ currentFrame ];
 		}
 
-		public List<Order> OrdersForFrame( int frameNumber )
+		public void SendLocalOrders( int localFrame, List<Order> localOrders )
 		{
-			return orders;
+			orders[ localFrame ] = localOrders;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -86,9 +88,7 @@ namespace OpenRa.Game
 			replayReader.ReadUInt32();
 		}
 
-		public void Tick( List<Order> localOrders )
-		{
-		}
+		public void SendLocalOrders( int localFrame, List<Order> localOrders ) { }
 
 		public List<Order> OrdersForFrame( int frameNumber )
 		{
@@ -113,5 +113,57 @@ namespace OpenRa.Game
 				}
 			}
 		}
+
+	}
+
+	class NetworkOrderSource : OrderSource
+	{
+		int nextLocalOrderFrame = 0;
+		TcpClient socket;
+		BinaryReader reader;
+
+		public NetworkOrderSource( TcpClient socket )
+		{
+			this.socket = socket;
+			reader = new BinaryReader( socket.GetStream() );
+
+			var nextFrameId = System.BitConverter.GetBytes( nextLocalOrderFrame );
+			socket.GetStream().Write( nextFrameId, 0, nextFrameId.Length );
+		}
+
+		public List<Order> OrdersForFrame( int currentFrame )
+		{
+			if( currentFrame == 0 )
+			{
+				var firstFrameNum = reader.ReadInt32();
+				if( firstFrameNum != 0 )
+					throw new InvalidOperationException( "Wrong frame number at start of stream" );
+			}
+
+			var ret = new List<Order>();
+			while( true )
+			{
+				var first = reader.ReadUInt32();
+				if( first == currentFrame + 1 )
+					return ret;
+				ret.Add( Order.Deserialize( reader, first ) );
+			}
+		}
+
+		public void SendLocalOrders( int localFrame, List<Order> localOrders )
+		{
+			if( nextLocalOrderFrame != localFrame )
+				throw new InvalidOperationException( "Attempted time-travel in NetworkOrderSource.SendLocalOrders()" );
+
+			foreach( var order in localOrders )
+			{
+				var bytes = order.Serialize();
+				socket.GetStream().Write( bytes, 0, bytes.Length );
+			}
+
+			++nextLocalOrderFrame;
+			var nextFrameId = System.BitConverter.GetBytes( nextLocalOrderFrame );
+			socket.GetStream().Write( nextFrameId, 0, nextFrameId.Length );
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/OpenRa.Game/Player.cs b/OpenRa.Game/Player.cs
index 76d43c7e59..7d8c10dbac 100644
--- a/OpenRa.Game/Player.cs
+++ b/OpenRa.Game/Player.cs
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ namespace OpenRa.Game
 			this.Race = race;
 			this.Cash = 10000;
 			this.powerProvided = this.powerDrained = 0;
+
+			foreach( var cat in Rules.Categories.Keys )
+				ProductionInit( cat );
 		}
 
 		public void ChangePower(int dPower)
diff --git a/OpenRa.Game/Sidebar.cs b/OpenRa.Game/Sidebar.cs
index b8739abc18..1a5dc11e23 100644
--- a/OpenRa.Game/Sidebar.cs
+++ b/OpenRa.Game/Sidebar.cs
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ namespace OpenRa.Game
 
 			foreach (string group in groups)
 			{
-				player.ProductionInit( group );
 				clockAnimations.Add( group, new Animation( "clock" ) );
 				clockAnimations[ group ].PlayFetchIndex( "idle", ClockAnimFrame( group ) );
 			}