diff --git a/code/controllers/admin.dm b/code/controllers/admin.dm
index 19fef28597..5c767ecb1b 100644
--- a/code/controllers/admin.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/admin.dm
@@ -1,14 +1,25 @@
 // Clickable stat() button.
 /obj/effect/statclick
 	name = "Initializing..."
+	// blocks_emissive = NONE
 	var/target
 
 INITIALIZE_IMMEDIATE(/obj/effect/statclick)
 
-/obj/effect/statclick/Initialize(mapload, text, target) //Don't port this to Initialize it's too critical
+/obj/effect/statclick/Initialize(mapload, text, target)
 	. = ..()
 	name = text
 	src.target = target
+	if(istype(target, /datum)) //Harddel man bad
+		RegisterSignal(target, COMSIG_PARENT_QDELETING, .proc/cleanup)
+
+/obj/effect/statclick/Destroy()
+	target = null
+	return ..()
+
+/obj/effect/statclick/proc/cleanup()
+	SIGNAL_HANDLER
+	qdel(src)
 
 /obj/effect/statclick/proc/update(text)
 	name = text
@@ -51,3 +62,30 @@ INITIALIZE_IMMEDIATE(/obj/effect/statclick)
 			SSblackbox.record_feedback("tally", "admin_verb", 1, "Restart Failsafe Controller")
 
 	message_admins("Admin [key_name_admin(usr)] has restarted the [controller] controller.")
+
+/client/proc/debug_controller()
+	set category = "Debug"
+	set name = "Debug Controller"
+	set desc = "Debug the various periodic loop controllers for the game (be careful!)"
+
+	if(!holder)
+		return
+
+	var/list/controllers = list()
+	var/list/controller_choices = list()
+
+	for (var/datum/controller/controller in world)
+		if (istype(controller, /datum/controller/subsystem))
+			continue
+		controllers["[controller] (controller.type)"] = controller //we use an associated list to ensure clients can't hold references to controllers
+		controller_choices += "[controller] (controller.type)"
+
+	var/datum/controller/controller_string = input("Select controller to debug", "Debug Controller") as null|anything in controller_choices
+	var/datum/controller/controller = controllers[controller_string]
+
+	if (!istype(controller))
+		return
+	debug_variables(controller)
+
+	SSblackbox.record_feedback("tally", "admin_verb", 1, "Restart Failsafe Controller")
+	message_admins("Admin [key_name_admin(usr)] is debugging the [controller] controller.")
diff --git a/code/controllers/failsafe.dm b/code/controllers/failsafe.dm
index a15056e442..04b88eb3be 100644
--- a/code/controllers/failsafe.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/failsafe.dm
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ GLOBAL_REAL(Failsafe, /datum/controller/failsafe)
 	// The alert level. For every failed poke, we drop a DEFCON level. Once we hit DEFCON 1, restart the MC.
 	var/defcon = 5
 	//the world.time of the last check, so the mc can restart US if we hang.
-	//	(Real friends look out for *eachother*)
+	// (Real friends look out for *eachother*)
 	var/lasttick = 0
 
 	// Track the MC iteration to make sure its still on track.
@@ -33,6 +33,22 @@ GLOBAL_REAL(Failsafe, /datum/controller/failsafe)
 /datum/controller/failsafe/Initialize()
 	set waitfor = FALSE
 	Failsafe.Loop()
+	if (!Master || defcon == 0) //Master is gone/not responding and Failsafe just exited its loop
+		defcon = 3 //Reset defcon level as its used inside the emergency loop
+		while (defcon > 0)
+			var/recovery_result = emergency_loop()
+			if (recovery_result == 1) //Exit emergency loop and delete self if it was able to recover MC
+				break
+			else if (defcon == 1) //Exit Failsafe if we weren't able to recover the MC in the last stage
+				log_game("FailSafe: Failed to recover MC while in emergency state. Failsafe exiting.")
+				message_admins(span_boldannounce("Failsafe failed criticaly while trying to recreate broken MC. Please manually fix the MC or reboot the server. Failsafe exiting now."))
+				message_admins(span_boldannounce("You can try manually calling these two procs:."))
+				message_admins(span_boldannounce("/proc/recover_all_SS_and_recreate_master: Most stuff should still function but expect instability/runtimes/broken stuff."))
+				message_admins(span_boldannounce("/proc/delete_all_SS_and_recreate_master: Most stuff will be broken but basic stuff like movement and chat should still work."))
+			else if (recovery_result == -1) //Failed to recreate MC
+				defcon--
+			sleep(initial(processing_interval)) //Wait a bit until the next try
+
 	if(!QDELETED(src))
 		qdel(src) //when Loop() returns, we delete ourselves and let the mc recreate us
 
@@ -45,42 +61,56 @@ GLOBAL_REAL(Failsafe, /datum/controller/failsafe)
 	while(running)
 		lasttick = world.time
 		if(!Master)
-			// Replace the missing Master! This should never, ever happen.
-			new /datum/controller/master()
+			// Break out of the main loop so we go into emergency state
+			break
 		// Only poke it if overrides are not in effect.
 		if(processing_interval > 0)
 			if(Master.processing && Master.iteration)
+				if (defcon > 1 && (!Master.stack_end_detector || !Master.stack_end_detector.check()))
+
+					to_chat(GLOB.admins, span_boldannounce("ERROR: The Master Controller code stack has exited unexpectedly, Restarting..."))
+					defcon = 0
+					var/rtn = Recreate_MC()
+					if(rtn > 0)
+						master_iteration = 0
+						to_chat(GLOB.admins, span_adminnotice("MC restarted successfully"))
+					else if(rtn < 0)
+						log_game("FailSafe: Could not restart MC, runtime encountered. Entering defcon 0")
+						to_chat(GLOB.admins, span_boldannounce("ERROR: DEFCON [defcon_pretty()]. Could not restart MC, runtime encountered. I will silently keep retrying."))
 				// Check if processing is done yet.
 				if(Master.iteration == master_iteration)
 					switch(defcon)
 						if(4,5)
 							--defcon
-						if(3)
-							message_admins("<span class='adminnotice'>Notice: DEFCON [defcon_pretty()]. The Master Controller has not fired in the last [(5-defcon) * processing_interval] ticks.</span>")
-							--defcon
-						if(2)
-							to_chat(GLOB.admins, "<span class='boldannounce'>Warning: DEFCON [defcon_pretty()]. The Master Controller has not fired in the last [(5-defcon) * processing_interval] ticks. Automatic restart in [processing_interval] ticks.</span>")
-							--defcon
-						if(1)
 
-							to_chat(GLOB.admins, "<span class='boldannounce'>Warning: DEFCON [defcon_pretty()]. The Master Controller has still not fired within the last [(5-defcon) * processing_interval] ticks. Killing and restarting...</span>")
+						if(3)
+							message_admins(span_adminnotice("Notice: DEFCON [defcon_pretty()]. The Master Controller has not fired in the last [(5-defcon) * processing_interval] ticks."))
+							--defcon
+
+						if(2)
+							to_chat(GLOB.admins, span_boldannounce("Warning: DEFCON [defcon_pretty()]. The Master Controller has not fired in the last [(5-defcon) * processing_interval] ticks. Automatic restart in [processing_interval] ticks."))
+							--defcon
+
+						if(1)
+							to_chat(GLOB.admins, span_boldannounce("Warning: DEFCON [defcon_pretty()]. The Master Controller has still not fired within the last [(5-defcon) * processing_interval] ticks. Killing and restarting..."))
 							--defcon
 							var/rtn = Recreate_MC()
 							if(rtn > 0)
 								defcon = 4
 								master_iteration = 0
-								to_chat(GLOB.admins, "<span class='adminnotice'>MC restarted successfully</span>")
+								to_chat(GLOB.admins, span_adminnotice("MC restarted successfully"))
 							else if(rtn < 0)
 								log_game("FailSafe: Could not restart MC, runtime encountered. Entering defcon 0")
-								to_chat(GLOB.admins, "<span class='boldannounce'>ERROR: DEFCON [defcon_pretty()]. Could not restart MC, runtime encountered. I will silently keep retrying.</span>")
+								to_chat(GLOB.admins, span_boldannounce("ERROR: DEFCON [defcon_pretty()]. Could not restart MC, runtime encountered. I will silently keep retrying."))
 							//if the return number was 0, it just means the mc was restarted too recently, and it just needs some time before we try again
 							//no need to handle that specially when defcon 0 can handle it
+
 						if(0) //DEFCON 0! (mc failed to restart)
 							var/rtn = Recreate_MC()
 							if(rtn > 0)
 								defcon = 4
 								master_iteration = 0
-								to_chat(GLOB.admins, "<span class='adminnotice'>MC restarted successfully</span>")
+								to_chat(GLOB.admins, span_adminnotice("MC restarted successfully"))
 				else
 					defcon = min(defcon + 1,5)
 					master_iteration = Master.iteration
@@ -92,6 +122,57 @@ GLOBAL_REAL(Failsafe, /datum/controller/failsafe)
 			defcon = 5
 			sleep(initial(processing_interval))
 
+//Emergency loop used when Master got deleted or the main loop exited while Defcon == 0
+//Loop is driven externally so runtimes only cancel the current recovery attempt
+/datum/controller/failsafe/proc/emergency_loop()
+	//The code in this proc should be kept as simple as possible, anything complicated like to_chat might rely on master existing and runtime
+	//The goal should always be to get a new Master up and running before anything else
+	. = -1
+	switch (defcon) //The lower defcon goes the harder we try to fix the MC
+		if (2 to 3) //Try to normally recreate the MC two times
+			. = Recreate_MC()
+		if (1) //Delete the old MC first so we don't transfer any info, in case that caused any issues
+			del(Master)
+			. = Recreate_MC()
+
+	if (. == 1) //We were able to create a new master
+		master_iteration = 0
+		SSticker.Recover(); //Recover the ticket system so the Masters runlevel gets set
+		Master.Initialize(10, FALSE, TRUE) //Need to manually start the MC, normally world.new would do this
+		to_chat(GLOB.admins, span_adminnotice("Failsafe recovered MC while in emergency state [defcon_pretty()]"))
+	else
+		log_game("FailSafe: Failsafe in emergency state and was unable to recreate MC while in defcon state [defcon_pretty()].")
+		message_admins(span_boldannounce("Failsafe in emergency state and master down, trying to recreate MC while in defcon level [defcon_pretty()] failed."))
+
+///Recreate all SSs which will still cause data survive due to Recover(), the new Master will then find and take them from global.vars
+/proc/recover_all_SS_and_recreate_master()
+	del(Master)
+	var/list/subsytem_types = subtypesof(/datum/controller/subsystem)
+	sortTim(subsytem_types, /proc/cmp_subsystem_init)
+	for(var/I in subsytem_types)
+		new I
+	. = Recreate_MC()
+	if (. == 1) //We were able to create a new master
+		SSticker.Recover(); //Recover the ticket system so the Masters runlevel gets set
+		Master.Initialize(10, FALSE, TRUE) //Need to manually start the MC, normally world.new would do this
+		to_chat(GLOB.admins, span_adminnotice("MC successfully recreated after recovering all subsystems!"))
+	else
+		message_admins(span_boldannounce("Failed to create new MC!"))
+
+///Delete all existing SS to basically start over
+/proc/delete_all_SS_and_recreate_master()
+	del(Master)
+	for(var/global_var in global.vars)
+		if (istype(global.vars[global_var], /datum/controller/subsystem))
+			del(global.vars[global_var])
+	. = Recreate_MC()
+	if (. == 1) //We were able to create a new master
+		SSticker.Recover(); //Recover the ticket system so the Masters runlevel gets set
+		Master.Initialize(10, FALSE, TRUE) //Need to manually start the MC, normally world.new would do this
+		to_chat(GLOB.admins, span_adminnotice("MC successfully recreated after deleting and recreating all subsystems!"))
+	else
+		message_admins(span_boldannounce("Failed to create new MC!"))
+
 /datum/controller/failsafe/proc/defcon_pretty()
 	return defcon
 
diff --git a/code/controllers/globals.dm b/code/controllers/globals.dm
index 21f022acfd..7b5cc94d36 100644
--- a/code/controllers/globals.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/globals.dm
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ GLOBAL_REAL(GLOB, /datum/controller/global_vars)
 
 	var/datum/controller/exclude_these = new
 	gvars_datum_in_built_vars = exclude_these.vars + list(NAMEOF(src, gvars_datum_protected_varlist), NAMEOF(src, gvars_datum_in_built_vars), NAMEOF(src, gvars_datum_init_order))
-	QDEL_IN(exclude_these, 0)	//signal logging isn't ready
+	QDEL_IN(exclude_these, 0) //signal logging isn't ready
 
 	log_world("[vars.len - gvars_datum_in_built_vars.len] global variables")
 
diff --git a/code/controllers/master.dm b/code/controllers/master.dm
index 59ac68960c..055271fd86 100644
--- a/code/controllers/master.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/master.dm
@@ -18,15 +18,17 @@ GLOBAL_REAL(Master, /datum/controller/master) = new
 /datum/controller/master
 	name = "Master"
 
-	// Are we processing (higher values increase the processing delay by n ticks)
+	/// Are we processing (higher values increase the processing delay by n ticks)
 	var/processing = TRUE
-	// How many times have we ran
+	/// How many times have we ran
 	var/iteration = 0
+	/// Stack end detector to detect stack overflows that kill the mc's main loop
+	var/datum/stack_end_detector/stack_end_detector
 
-	// world.time of last fire, for tracking lag outside of the mc
+	/// world.time of last fire, for tracking lag outside of the mc
 	var/last_run
 
-	// List of subsystems to process().
+	/// List of subsystems to process().
 	var/list/subsystems
 
 	// Vars for keeping track of tick drift.
@@ -34,25 +36,27 @@ GLOBAL_REAL(Master, /datum/controller/master) = new
 	var/init_time
 	var/tickdrift = 0
 
+	/// How long is the MC sleeping between runs, read only (set by Loop() based off of anti-tick-contention heuristics)
 	var/sleep_delta = 1
 
-	///Only run ticker subsystems for the next n ticks.
+	/// Only run ticker subsystems for the next n ticks.
 	var/skip_ticks = 0
 
+	/// makes the mc main loop runtime
 	var/make_runtime = FALSE
 
-	var/initializations_finished_with_no_players_logged_in	//I wonder what this could be?
+	var/initializations_finished_with_no_players_logged_in //I wonder what this could be?
 
-	// The type of the last subsystem to be process()'d.
+	/// The type of the last subsystem to be fire()'d.
 	var/last_type_processed
 
-	var/datum/controller/subsystem/queue_head //Start of queue linked list
-	var/datum/controller/subsystem/queue_tail //End of queue linked list (used for appending to the list)
+	var/datum/controller/subsystem/queue_head //!Start of queue linked list
+	var/datum/controller/subsystem/queue_tail //!End of queue linked list (used for appending to the list)
 	var/queue_priority_count = 0 //Running total so that we don't have to loop thru the queue each run to split up the tick
 	var/queue_priority_count_bg = 0 //Same, but for background subsystems
-	var/map_loading = FALSE	//Are we loading in a new map?
+	var/map_loading = FALSE //!Are we loading in a new map?
 
-	var/current_runlevel	//for scheduling different subsystems for different stages of the round
+	var/current_runlevel //!for scheduling different subsystems for different stages of the round
 	var/sleep_offline_after_initializations = TRUE
 
 	var/static/restart_clear = 0
@@ -61,8 +65,8 @@ GLOBAL_REAL(Master, /datum/controller/master) = new
 
 	var/static/random_seed
 
-	//current tick limit, assigned before running a subsystem.
-	//used by CHECK_TICK as well so that the procs subsystems call can obey that SS's tick limits
+	///current tick limit, assigned before running a subsystem.
+	///used by CHECK_TICK as well so that the procs subsystems call can obey that SS's tick limits
 	var/static/current_ticklimit = TICK_LIMIT_RUNNING
 
 /datum/controller/master/New()
@@ -81,15 +85,27 @@ GLOBAL_REAL(Master, /datum/controller/master) = new
 	var/list/_subsystems = list()
 	subsystems = _subsystems
 	if (Master != src)
-		if (istype(Master))
+		if (istype(Master)) //If there is an existing MC take over his stuff and delete it
 			Recover()
 			qdel(Master)
+			Master = src
 		else
+			//Code used for first master on game boot or if existing master got deleted
+			Master = src
 			var/list/subsytem_types = subtypesof(/datum/controller/subsystem)
 			sortTim(subsytem_types, /proc/cmp_subsystem_init)
+			//Find any abandoned subsystem from the previous master (if there was any)
+			var/list/existing_subsystems = list()
+			for(var/global_var in global.vars)
+				if (istype(global.vars[global_var], /datum/controller/subsystem))
+					existing_subsystems += global.vars[global_var]
+			//Either init a new SS or if an existing one was found use that
 			for(var/I in subsytem_types)
-				_subsystems += new I
-		Master = src
+				var/datum/controller/subsystem/existing_subsystem = locate(I) in existing_subsystems
+				if (istype(existing_subsystem))
+					_subsystems += existing_subsystem
+				else
+					_subsystems += new I
 
 	if(!GLOB)
 		new /datum/controller/global_vars
@@ -109,7 +125,7 @@ GLOBAL_REAL(Master, /datum/controller/master) = new
 	log_world("Shutdown complete")
 
 // Returns 1 if we created a new mc, 0 if we couldn't due to a recent restart,
-//	-1 if we encountered a runtime trying to recreate it
+// -1 if we encountered a runtime trying to recreate it
 /proc/Recreate_MC()
 	. = -1 //so if we runtime, things know we failed
 	if (world.time < Master.restart_timeout)
@@ -120,7 +136,8 @@ GLOBAL_REAL(Master, /datum/controller/master) = new
 	var/delay = 50 * ++Master.restart_count
 	Master.restart_timeout = world.time + delay
 	Master.restart_clear = world.time + (delay * 2)
-	Master.processing = FALSE //stop ticking this one
+	if (Master) //Can only do this if master hasn't been deleted
+		Master.processing = FALSE //stop ticking this one
 	try
 		new/datum/controller/master()
 	catch
@@ -156,22 +173,22 @@ GLOBAL_REAL(Master, /datum/controller/master) = new
 				msg = "The [BadBoy.name] subsystem seems to be destabilizing the MC and will be offlined."
 				BadBoy.flags |= SS_NO_FIRE
 		if(msg)
-			to_chat(GLOB.admins, "<span class='boldannounce'>[msg]</span>")
+			to_chat(GLOB.admins, span_boldannounce("[msg]"))
 			log_world(msg)
 
 	if (istype(Master.subsystems))
 		if(FireHim)
-			Master.subsystems += new BadBoy.type	//NEW_SS_GLOBAL will remove the old one
+			Master.subsystems += new BadBoy.type //NEW_SS_GLOBAL will remove the old one
 		subsystems = Master.subsystems
 		current_runlevel = Master.current_runlevel
 		StartProcessing(10)
 	else
-		to_chat(world, "<span class='boldannounce'>The Master Controller is having some issues, we will need to re-initialize EVERYTHING</span>")
+		to_chat(world, span_boldannounce("The Master Controller is having some issues, we will need to re-initialize EVERYTHING"))
 		Initialize(20, TRUE)
 
 
 // Please don't stuff random bullshit here,
-// 	Make a subsystem, give it the SS_NO_FIRE flag, and do your work in it's Initialize()
+// Make a subsystem, give it the SS_NO_FIRE flag, and do your work in it's Initialize()
 /datum/controller/master/Initialize(delay, init_sss, tgs_prime)
 	set waitfor = 0
 
@@ -181,7 +198,7 @@ GLOBAL_REAL(Master, /datum/controller/master) = new
 	if(init_sss)
 		init_subtypes(/datum/controller/subsystem, subsystems)
 
-	to_chat(world, "<span class='boldannounce'>Initializing subsystems...</span>")
+	to_chat(world, span_boldannounce("Initializing subsystems..."))
 
 	// Sort subsystems by init_order, so they initialize in the correct order.
 	sortTim(subsystems, /proc/cmp_subsystem_init)
@@ -190,7 +207,7 @@ GLOBAL_REAL(Master, /datum/controller/master) = new
 	// Initialize subsystems.
 	current_ticklimit = CONFIG_GET(number/tick_limit_mc_init)
 	for (var/datum/controller/subsystem/SS in subsystems)
-		if (SS.flags & SS_NO_INIT)
+		if (SS.flags & SS_NO_INIT || SS.initialized) //Don't init SSs with the correspondig flag or if they already are initialzized
 			continue
 		SS.Initialize(REALTIMEOFDAY)
 		CHECK_TICK
@@ -198,7 +215,7 @@ GLOBAL_REAL(Master, /datum/controller/master) = new
 	var/time = (REALTIMEOFDAY - start_timeofday) / 10
 
 	var/msg = "Initializations complete within [time] second[time == 1 ? "" : "s"]!"
-	to_chat(world, "<span class='boldannounce'>[msg]</span>")
+	to_chat(world, span_boldannounce("[msg]"))
 	log_world(msg)
 
 	if (!current_runlevel)
@@ -255,11 +272,11 @@ GLOBAL_REAL(Master, /datum/controller/master) = new
 /datum/controller/master/proc/Loop()
 	. = -1
 	//Prep the loop (most of this is because we want MC restarts to reset as much state as we can, and because
-	//	local vars rock
+	// local vars rock
 
 	//all this shit is here so that flag edits can be refreshed by restarting the MC. (and for speed)
 	var/list/tickersubsystems = list()
-	var/list/runlevel_sorted_subsystems = list(list())	//ensure we always have at least one runlevel
+	var/list/runlevel_sorted_subsystems = list(list()) //ensure we always have at least one runlevel
 	var/timer = world.time
 	for (var/thing in subsystems)
 		var/datum/controller/subsystem/SS = thing
@@ -305,8 +322,12 @@ GLOBAL_REAL(Master, /datum/controller/master) = new
 	var/error_level = 0
 	var/sleep_delta = 1
 	var/list/subsystems_to_check
-	//the actual loop.
 
+	//setup the stack overflow detector
+	stack_end_detector = new()
+	var/datum/stack_canary/canary = stack_end_detector.prime_canary()
+	canary.use_variable()
+	//the actual loop.
 	while (1)
 		tickdrift = max(0, MC_AVERAGE_FAST(tickdrift, (((REALTIMEOFDAY - init_timeofday) - (world.time - init_time)) / world.tick_lag)))
 		var/starting_tick_usage = TICK_USAGE
@@ -317,7 +338,7 @@ GLOBAL_REAL(Master, /datum/controller/master) = new
 
 		//Anti-tick-contention heuristics:
 		//if there are mutiple sleeping procs running before us hogging the cpu, we have to run later.
-		//	(because sleeps are processed in the order received, longer sleeps are more likely to run first)
+		// (because sleeps are processed in the order received, longer sleeps are more likely to run first)
 		if (starting_tick_usage > TICK_LIMIT_MC) //if there isn't enough time to bother doing anything this tick, sleep a bit.
 			sleep_delta *= 2
 			current_ticklimit = TICK_LIMIT_RUNNING * 0.5
@@ -423,6 +444,10 @@ GLOBAL_REAL(Master, /datum/controller/master) = new
 			continue
 		if ((SS_flags & (SS_TICKER|SS_KEEP_TIMING)) == SS_KEEP_TIMING && SS.last_fire + (SS.wait * 0.75) > world.time)
 			continue
+		if (SS.postponed_fires >= 1)
+			SS.postponed_fires--
+			SS.update_nextfire()
+			continue
 		SS.enqueue()
 	. = 1
 
@@ -439,12 +464,11 @@ GLOBAL_REAL(Master, /datum/controller/master) = new
 	var/tick_precentage
 	var/tick_remaining
 	var/ran = TRUE //this is right
-	var/ran_non_ticker = FALSE
 	var/bg_calc //have we swtiched current_tick_budget to background mode yet?
 	var/tick_usage
 
 	//keep running while we have stuff to run and we haven't gone over a tick
-	//	this is so subsystems paused eariler can use tick time that later subsystems never used
+	// this is so subsystems paused eariler can use tick time that later subsystems never used
 	while (ran && queue_head && TICK_USAGE < TICK_LIMIT_MC)
 		ran = FALSE
 		bg_calc = FALSE
@@ -459,20 +483,6 @@ GLOBAL_REAL(Master, /datum/controller/master) = new
 			if (!(queue_node_flags & SS_TICKER) && skip_ticks)
 				queue_node = queue_node.queue_next
 				continue
-			//super special case, subsystems where we can't make them pause mid way through
-			//if we can't run them this tick (without going over a tick)
-			//we bump up their priority and attempt to run them next tick
-			//(unless we haven't even ran anything this tick, since its unlikely they will ever be able run
-			//	in those cases, so we just let them run)
-			if (queue_node_flags & SS_NO_TICK_CHECK)
-				if (queue_node.tick_usage > TICK_LIMIT_RUNNING - TICK_USAGE && ran_non_ticker)
-					if (!(queue_node_flags & SS_BACKGROUND))
-						queue_node.queued_priority += queue_priority_count * 0.1
-						queue_priority_count -= queue_node_priority
-						queue_priority_count += queue_node.queued_priority
-						current_tick_budget -= queue_node_priority
-						queue_node = queue_node.queue_next
-					continue
 
 			if (!bg_calc && (queue_node_flags & SS_BACKGROUND))
 				current_tick_budget = queue_priority_count_bg
@@ -481,7 +491,8 @@ GLOBAL_REAL(Master, /datum/controller/master) = new
 			tick_remaining = TICK_LIMIT_RUNNING - TICK_USAGE
 
 			if (current_tick_budget > 0 && queue_node_priority > 0)
-				tick_precentage = tick_remaining / (current_tick_budget / queue_node_priority)
+				//Give the subsystem a precentage of the remaining tick based on the remaning priority
+				tick_precentage = tick_remaining * (queue_node_priority / current_tick_budget)
 			else
 				tick_precentage = tick_remaining
 
@@ -489,8 +500,6 @@ GLOBAL_REAL(Master, /datum/controller/master) = new
 
 			current_ticklimit = round(TICK_USAGE + tick_precentage)
 
-			if (!(queue_node_flags & SS_TICKER))
-				ran_non_ticker = TRUE
 			ran = TRUE
 
 			queue_node_paused = (queue_node.state == SS_PAUSED || queue_node.state == SS_PAUSING)
@@ -535,14 +544,7 @@ GLOBAL_REAL(Master, /datum/controller/master) = new
 			queue_node.last_fire = world.time
 			queue_node.times_fired++
 
-			if (queue_node_flags & SS_TICKER)
-				queue_node.next_fire = world.time + (world.tick_lag * queue_node.wait)
-			else if (queue_node_flags & SS_POST_FIRE_TIMING)
-				queue_node.next_fire = world.time + queue_node.wait + (world.tick_lag * (queue_node.tick_overrun/100))
-			else if (queue_node_flags & SS_KEEP_TIMING)
-				queue_node.next_fire += queue_node.wait
-			else
-				queue_node.next_fire = queue_node.queued_time + queue_node.wait + (world.tick_lag * (queue_node.tick_overrun/100))
+			queue_node.update_nextfire()
 
 			queue_node.queued_time = 0
 
@@ -554,7 +556,7 @@ GLOBAL_REAL(Master, /datum/controller/master) = new
 	. = 1
 
 //resets the queue, and all subsystems, while filtering out the subsystem lists
-//	called if any mc's queue procs runtime or exit improperly.
+// called if any mc's queue procs runtime or exit improperly.
 /datum/controller/master/proc/SoftReset(list/ticker_SS, list/runlevel_SS)
 	. = 0
 	log_world("MC: SoftReset called, resetting MC queue state.")
diff --git a/code/controllers/subsystem.dm b/code/controllers/subsystem.dm
index 12798f3863..db780ca05b 100644
--- a/code/controllers/subsystem.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/subsystem.dm
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@
 	var/initialized = FALSE
 
 	/// Set to 0 to prevent fire() calls, mostly for admin use or subsystems that may be resumed later
-	///		use the [SS_NO_FIRE] flag instead for systems that never fire to keep it from even being added to list that is checked every tick
+	/// use the [SS_NO_FIRE] flag instead for systems that never fire to keep it from even being added to list that is checked every tick
 	var/can_fire = TRUE
 
 	///Bitmap of what game states can this subsystem fire at. See [RUNLEVELS_DEFAULT] for more details.
-	var/runlevels = RUNLEVELS_DEFAULT	//points of the game at which the SS can fire
+	var/runlevels = RUNLEVELS_DEFAULT //points of the game at which the SS can fire
 
 	/*
 	 * The following variables are managed by the MC and should not be modified directly.
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@
 	/// Tracks the amount of completed runs for the subsystem
 	var/times_fired = 0
 
+	/// How many fires have we been requested to postpone
+	var/postponed_fires = 0
+
 	/// Time the subsystem entered the queue, (for timing and priority reasons)
 	var/queued_time = 0
 
@@ -122,12 +125,38 @@
 	dequeue()
 	can_fire = 0
 	flags |= SS_NO_FIRE
-	Master.subsystems -= src
+	if (Master)
+		Master.subsystems -= src
 	return ..()
 
+
+/** Update next_fire for the next run.
+ *  reset_time (bool) - Ignore things that would normally alter the next fire, like tick_overrun, and last_fire. (also resets postpone)
+ */
+/datum/controller/subsystem/proc/update_nextfire(reset_time = FALSE)
+	var/queue_node_flags = flags
+
+	if (reset_time)
+		postponed_fires = 0
+		if (queue_node_flags & SS_TICKER)
+			next_fire = world.time + (world.tick_lag * wait)
+		else
+			next_fire = world.time + wait
+		return
+
+	if (queue_node_flags & SS_TICKER)
+		next_fire = world.time + (world.tick_lag * wait)
+	else if (queue_node_flags & SS_POST_FIRE_TIMING)
+		next_fire = world.time + wait + (world.tick_lag * (tick_overrun/100))
+	else if (queue_node_flags & SS_KEEP_TIMING)
+		next_fire += wait
+	else
+		next_fire = queued_time + wait + (world.tick_lag * (tick_overrun/100))
+
+
 //Queue it to run.
-//	(we loop thru a linked list until we get to the end or find the right point)
-//	(this lets us sort our run order correctly without having to re-sort the entire already sorted list)
+// (we loop thru a linked list until we get to the end or find the right point)
+// (this lets us sort our run order correctly without having to re-sort the entire already sorted list)
 /datum/controller/subsystem/proc/enqueue()
 	var/SS_priority = priority
 	var/SS_flags = flags
@@ -191,9 +220,9 @@
 		queue_next.queue_prev = queue_prev
 	if (queue_prev)
 		queue_prev.queue_next = queue_next
-	if (src == Master.queue_tail)
+	if (Master && (src == Master.queue_tail))
 		Master.queue_tail = queue_prev
-	if (src == Master.queue_head)
+	if (Master && (src == Master.queue_head))
 		Master.queue_head = queue_next
 	queued_time = 0
 	if (state == SS_QUEUED)
@@ -217,10 +246,11 @@
 //used to initialize the subsystem AFTER the map has loaded
 /datum/controller/subsystem/Initialize(start_timeofday)
 	initialized = TRUE
+	// SEND_SIGNAL(src, COMSIG_SUBSYSTEM_POST_INITIALIZE, start_timeofday)
 	var/time = (REALTIMEOFDAY - start_timeofday) / 10
 	var/msg = "Initialized [name] subsystem within [time] second[time == 1 ? "" : "s"]!"
-	to_chat(world, "<span class='boldannounce'>[msg]</span>")
-	log_subsystem("INIT", msg)
+	to_chat(world, span_boldannounce("[msg]"))
+	log_subsystem(msg)
 	return time
 
 /datum/controller/subsystem/stat_entry(msg)
@@ -243,11 +273,10 @@
 		if (SS_IDLE)
 			. = "  "
 
-//could be used to postpone a costly subsystem for (default one) var/cycles, cycles
-//for instance, during cpu intensive operations like explosions
+/// Causes the next "cycle" fires to be missed. Effect is accumulative but can reset by calling update_nextfire(reset_time = TRUE)
 /datum/controller/subsystem/proc/postpone(cycles = 1)
-	if(next_fire - world.time < wait)
-		next_fire += (wait*cycles)
+	if (can_fire && cycles >= 1)
+		postponed_fires += cycles
 
 //usually called via datum/controller/subsystem/New() when replacing a subsystem (i.e. due to a recurring crash)
 //should attempt to salvage what it can from the old instance of subsystem
@@ -258,7 +287,7 @@
 		if (NAMEOF(src, can_fire))
 			//this is so the subsystem doesn't rapid fire to make up missed ticks causing more lag
 			if (var_value)
-				next_fire = world.time + wait
+				update_nextfire(reset_time = TRUE)
 		if (NAMEOF(src, queued_priority)) //editing this breaks things.
 			return FALSE
 	. = ..()
diff --git a/code/datums/helper_datums/stack_end_detector.dm b/code/datums/helper_datums/stack_end_detector.dm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0d621f51b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/code/datums/helper_datums/stack_end_detector.dm
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/**
+	Stack End Detector.
+	Can detect if a given code stack has exited, used by the mc for stack overflow detection.
+
+ **/
+/datum/stack_end_detector
+	var/datum/weakref/_WF
+	var/datum/stack_canary/_canary
+
+/datum/stack_end_detector/New()
+	_canary = new()
+	_WF = WEAKREF(_canary)
+
+/** Prime the stack overflow detector.
+	Store the return value of this proc call in a proc level var.
+	Can only be called once.
+**/
+/datum/stack_end_detector/proc/prime_canary()
+	if (!_canary)
+		CRASH("Prime_canary called twice")
+	. = _canary
+	_canary = null
+
+/// Returns true if the stack is still going. Calling before the canary has been primed also returns true
+/datum/stack_end_detector/proc/check()
+	return !!_WF.resolve()
+
+/// Stack canary. Will go away if the stack it was primed by is ended by byond for return or stack overflow reasons.
+/datum/stack_canary
+
+/// empty proc to avoid warnings about unused variables. Call this proc on your canary in the stack it's watching.
+/datum/stack_canary/proc/use_variable()
diff --git a/tgstation.dme b/tgstation.dme
index c3a1e7087c..f483bcbbad 100644
--- a/tgstation.dme
+++ b/tgstation.dme
@@ -665,6 +665,7 @@
 #include "code\datums\helper_datums\events.dm"
 #include "code\datums\helper_datums\getrev.dm"
 #include "code\datums\helper_datums\icon_snapshot.dm"
+#include "code\datums\helper_datums\stack_end_detector.dm"
 #include "code\datums\helper_datums\teleport.dm"
 #include "code\datums\looping_sounds\_looping_sound.dm"
 #include "code\datums\looping_sounds\item_sounds.dm"