diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Network/Connection.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Network/Connection.cs
index 988e4bfc12..edf8ce1f71 100755
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Network/Connection.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Network/Connection.cs
@@ -114,12 +114,13 @@ namespace OpenRA.Network
 							receivedPackets.Add( new ReceivedPacket { FromClient = client, Data = buf } );
 					}
 				}
-				catch( SocketException )
+				catch { }
+				finally
 				{
 					connectionState = ConnectionState.NotConnected;
+					if( socket != null )
+						socket.Close();
 				}
-				catch ( IOException ) { socket.Close(); }
-				catch (ThreadAbortException ) { socket.Close(); }
 			}
 			) { IsBackground = true };
 			t.Start();
@@ -134,12 +135,10 @@ namespace OpenRA.Network
 
 			try
 			{
-
 				var ms = new MemoryStream();
 				ms.Write(BitConverter.GetBytes((int)packet.Length));
 				ms.Write(packet);
 				ms.WriteTo(socket.GetStream());
-
 			}
 			catch (SocketException) { /* drop this on the floor; we'll pick up the disconnect from the reader thread */ }
 			catch (ObjectDisposedException) { /* ditto */ }
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Network/FrameData.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Network/FrameData.cs
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..62d728cb48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Network/FrameData.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+
+namespace OpenRA.Network
+{
+	class FrameData
+	{
+		public struct ClientOrder
+		{
+			public int Client;
+			public Order Order;
+		}
+
+		readonly Dictionary<int, int> clientQuitTimes = new Dictionary<int, int>();
+		readonly Dictionary<int, Dictionary<int, byte[]>> framePackets = new Dictionary<int, Dictionary<int, byte[]>>();
+
+		public IEnumerable<int> ClientsPlayingInFrame( int frame )
+		{
+			return clientQuitTimes
+				.Where( x => frame <= x.Value )
+				.Select( x => x.Key )
+				.OrderBy( x => x );
+		}
+
+		public void ClientQuit( int clientId, int lastClientFrame )
+		{
+			clientQuitTimes.Add( clientId, lastClientFrame );
+		}
+
+		public void AddFrameOrders( int clientId, int frame, byte[] orders )
+		{
+			var frameData = framePackets.GetOrAdd( frame );
+			frameData.Add( clientId, orders );
+		}
+
+		public bool IsReadyForFrame( int frame )
+		{
+			var frameData = framePackets.GetOrAdd( frame );
+			return ClientsPlayingInFrame( frame )
+				.All( client => frameData.ContainsKey( client ) );
+		}
+
+		public IEnumerable<ClientOrder> OrdersForFrame( World world, int frame )
+		{
+			var frameData = framePackets[ frame ];
+			var clientData = ClientsPlayingInFrame( frame )
+				.ToDictionary( k => k, v => frameData[ v ] );
+
+			return clientData
+				.SelectMany( x => x.Value
+					.ToOrderList( world )
+					.Select( o => new ClientOrder { Client = x.Key, Order = o } ) );
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Network/OrderManager.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Network/OrderManager.cs
index 1adcb7e467..714f63242f 100755
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Network/OrderManager.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Network/OrderManager.cs
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ namespace OpenRA.Network
 {
 	class OrderManager : IDisposable
 	{
-		SyncReport syncReport = new SyncReport();
+		readonly SyncReport syncReport = new SyncReport();
+		readonly FrameData frameData = new FrameData();
 
 		public int FrameNumber { get; private set; }
 
@@ -29,10 +30,6 @@ namespace OpenRA.Network
 		
 		public readonly int SyncHeaderSize = 9;
 		
-		Dictionary<int, int> clientQuitTimes = new Dictionary<int, int>();
-
-		Dictionary<int, Dictionary<int, byte[]>> frameClientData = 
-			new Dictionary<int, Dictionary<int, byte[]>>();
 		List<Order> localOrders = new List<Order>();
 
 		public void StartGame()
@@ -74,13 +71,13 @@ namespace OpenRA.Network
 				{
 					var frame = BitConverter.ToInt32( packet, 0 );
 					if( packet.Length == 5 && packet[ 4 ] == 0xBF )
-						clientQuitTimes[ clientId ] = frame;
+						frameData.ClientQuit( clientId, frame );
 					else if( packet.Length >= 5 && packet[ 4 ] == 0x65 )
 						CheckSync( packet );
 					else if( frame == 0 )
 						immediatePackets.Add( Pair.New( clientId, packet ) );
 					else
-						frameClientData.GetOrAdd( frame ).Add( clientId, packet );
+						frameData.AddFrameOrders( clientId, frame, packet );
 				} );
 
 			foreach( var p in immediatePackets )
@@ -121,14 +118,9 @@ namespace OpenRA.Network
 				syncForFrame.Add(frame, packet);
 		}
 
-		void OutOfSync( int frame , int index)
-		{	
-			var frameData = clientQuitTimes
-				.Where( x => frame <= x.Value )
-				.OrderBy( x => x.Key )
-				.ToDictionary( k => k.Key, v => frameClientData[ FrameNumber ][ v.Key ] );
-			
-			var order = frameData.SelectMany( o => o.Value.ToOrderList( Game.world ).Select( a => new { Client = o.Key, Order = a } ) ).ElementAt(index);
+		void OutOfSync(int frame, int index)
+		{
+			var order = frameData.OrdersForFrame( Game.world, frame ).ElementAt(index);
 			throw new InvalidOperationException("Out of sync in frame {0}.\n {1}".F(frame, order.Order.ToString()));
 		}
 		
@@ -144,13 +136,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Network
 
 		public bool IsReadyForNextFrame
 		{
-			get
-			{
-				return FrameNumber > 0 &&
-					clientQuitTimes
-						.Where( x => FrameNumber <= x.Value )
-						.All( x => frameClientData.GetOrAdd( FrameNumber ).ContainsKey( x.Key ) );
-			}
+			get { return FrameNumber >= 1 && frameData.IsReadyForFrame( FrameNumber ); }
 		}
 
 		public void Tick( World world )
@@ -161,14 +147,10 @@ namespace OpenRA.Network
 			Connection.Send( localOrders.Serialize( FrameNumber + FramesAhead ) );
 			localOrders.Clear();
 
-			var frameData = clientQuitTimes
-				.Where( x => FrameNumber <= x.Value )
-				.OrderBy( x => x.Key )
-				.ToDictionary( k => k.Key, v => frameClientData[ FrameNumber ][ v.Key ] );
 			var sync = new List<int>();
 			sync.Add( world.SyncHash() );
 
-			foreach( var order in frameData.SelectMany( o => o.Value.ToOrderList( world ).Select( a => new { Client = o.Key, Order = a } ) ) )
+			foreach( var order in frameData.OrdersForFrame( world, FrameNumber) )
 			{
 				UnitOrders.ProcessOrder( world, order.Client, order.Order );
 				sync.Add( world.SyncHash() );
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/OpenRA.Game.csproj b/OpenRA.Game/OpenRA.Game.csproj
index 60fd31ea8a..9ed5a1f830 100755
--- a/OpenRA.Game/OpenRA.Game.csproj
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/OpenRA.Game.csproj
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@
     <Compile Include="ActorReference.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ModData.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Map.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Network\FrameData.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Network\ReplayConnection.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Network\Session.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ObjectCreator.cs" />