diff --git a/code/__DEFINES/dcs/signals.dm b/code/__DEFINES/dcs/signals.dm
index 66912fa787..33683d20ef 100644
--- a/code/__DEFINES/dcs/signals.dm
+++ b/code/__DEFINES/dcs/signals.dm
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@
 #define COMSIG_GLOB_PLAY_CINEMATIC "!play_cinematic"
 	#define COMPONENT_GLOB_BLOCK_CINEMATIC 1
 
+#define COMSIG_GLOB_PRE_RANDOM_EVENT "!pre_random_event"
+	/// Do not allow this random event to continue.
+	#define CANCEL_PRE_RANDOM_EVENT (1<<0)
+
 // signals from globally accessible objects
 /// from SSsun when the sun changes position : (primary_sun, suns)
 #define COMSIG_SUN_MOVED "sun_moved"
diff --git a/code/__HELPERS/_lists.dm b/code/__HELPERS/_lists.dm
index 2d0601d839..69dd54e810 100644
--- a/code/__HELPERS/_lists.dm
+++ b/code/__HELPERS/_lists.dm
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #define reverseList(L) reverseRange(L.Copy())
 #define LAZYADDASSOC(L, K, V) if(!L) { L = list(); } L[K] += list(V);
 #define LAZYREMOVEASSOC(L, K, V) if(L) { if(L[K]) { L[K] -= V; if(!length(L[K])) L -= K; } if(!length(L)) L = null; }
+#define LAZYACCESSASSOC(L, I, K) L ? L[I] ? L[I][K] ? L[I][K] : null : null : null
 
 /// Passed into BINARY_INSERT to compare keys
 #define COMPARE_KEY __BIN_LIST[__BIN_MID]
@@ -294,6 +295,22 @@
 		if (total <= 0)
 			return item
 
+/proc/pickweightAllowZero(list/L) //The original pickweight proc will sometimes pick entries with zero weight.  I'm not sure if changing the original will break anything, so I left it be.
+	var/total = 0
+	var/item
+	for (item in L)
+		if (!L[item])
+			L[item] = 0
+		total += L[item]
+
+	total = rand(0, total)
+	for (item in L)
+		total -=L [item]
+		if (total <= 0 && L[item])
+			return item
+
+	return null
+
 //Picks a number of elements from a list based on weight.
 //This is highly optimised and good for things like grabbing 200 items from a list of 40,000
 //Much more efficient than many pickweight calls
diff --git a/code/game/gamemodes/dynamic/dynamic_hijacking.dm b/code/game/gamemodes/dynamic/dynamic_hijacking.dm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..04892ad153
--- /dev/null
+++ b/code/game/gamemodes/dynamic/dynamic_hijacking.dm
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/datum/game_mode/dynamic/proc/setup_hijacking()
+	RegisterSignal(SSdcs, COMSIG_GLOB_PRE_RANDOM_EVENT, .proc/on_pre_random_event)
+
+/datum/game_mode/dynamic/proc/on_pre_random_event(datum/source, datum/round_event_control/round_event_control)
+	SIGNAL_HANDLER
+	if (!round_event_control.dynamic_should_hijack)
+		return
+
+	if (random_event_hijacked != HIJACKED_NOTHING)
+		dynamic_log("Random event [round_event_control.name] tried to roll, but Dynamic vetoed it (random event has already ran).")
+		SSevents.spawnEvent()
+		SSevents.reschedule()
+		return CANCEL_PRE_RANDOM_EVENT
+
+	var/time_range = rand(random_event_hijack_minimum, random_event_hijack_maximum)
+
+	if (world.time - last_midround_injection_attempt < time_range)
+		random_event_hijacked = HIJACKED_TOO_RECENT
+		dynamic_log("Random event [round_event_control.name] tried to roll, but the last midround injection \
+			was too recent. Injection chance has been raised to [get_midround_injection_chance(dry_run = TRUE)]%.")
+		return CANCEL_PRE_RANDOM_EVENT
+
+	if (midround_injection_cooldown - world.time < time_range)
+		random_event_hijacked = HIJACKED_TOO_SOON
+		dynamic_log("Random event [round_event_control.name] tried to roll, but the next midround injection \
+			is too soon. Injection chance has been raised to [get_midround_injection_chance(dry_run = TRUE)]%.")
+		return CANCEL_PRE_RANDOM_EVENT
diff --git a/code/modules/events/_event.dm b/code/modules/events/_event.dm
index 10f8c60386..b8226704cd 100644
--- a/code/modules/events/_event.dm
+++ b/code/modules/events/_event.dm
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#define RANDOM_EVENT_ADMIN_INTERVENTION_TIME 10
+
 //this datum is used by the events controller to dictate how it selects events
 /datum/round_event_control
 	var/name						//The human-readable name of the event