diff --git a/common/src/lib.rs b/common/src/lib.rs
index 3f7a5f35a9..504ba44005 100644
--- a/common/src/lib.rs
+++ b/common/src/lib.rs
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ pub mod uid;
 #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))] pub mod vol;
 #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 pub mod volumes;
+pub mod slowjob;
 
 pub use combat::DamageSource;
 #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
diff --git a/common/src/slowjob.rs b/common/src/slowjob.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d88dadee9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/src/slowjob.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+use std::sync::RwLock;
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::sync::atomic::{Ordering, AtomicU64};
+use core::any::Any;
+use crossbeam_channel::{Receiver, Sender};
+
+/// a slow job is a CPU heavy task, that is not I/O blocking.
+/// It usually takes longer than a tick to compute, so it's outsourced
+/// Internally the rayon threadpool is used to calculate t
+pub struct SlowJobPool {
+    next_id: AtomicU64,
+    queue: RwLock<HashMap<String, HashMap<u64, Queue>>>,
+    finished: RwLock<HashMap<String, Vec<Box<dyn Any>>>>,
+    running_jobs: RwLock<HashMap<String, Arc<AtomicU64>>>,
+    receiver: Receiver<(String, Box<dyn Any>)>,
+    sender: Sender<(String, Box<dyn Any>)>,
+}
+
+pub struct SlowJob {
+    name: String,
+    id: u64,
+}
+
+struct Queue {
+    task: Box<dyn FnOnce() -> ()>,
+    running_cnt: Arc<AtomicU64>,
+}
+
+
+impl SlowJobPool {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        let (sender,receiver) = crossbeam_channel::unbounded();
+        Self {
+            next_id: AtomicU64::new(0),
+            queue: RwLock::new(HashMap::new()),
+            finished: RwLock::new(HashMap::new()),
+            receiver,
+            sender
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// spawn a new slow job
+    pub fn spawn<F, D>(&self, name: &str, f: F) -> SlowJob where
+        F: FnOnce() -> D + Send + 'static,
+        D: Any + 'static,
+    {
+        let id = self.next_id.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+        let running_cnt = {
+            let mut lock = self.running_jobs.write().unwrap();
+            lock.entry(name.to_string()).or_default().clone()
+        };
+        let running_cnt_clone = Arc::clone(&running_cnt);
+        let sender = self.sender.clone();
+        let name_clone = name.to_string();
+        let queue = Queue {
+            task: Box::new(move || {
+                let result = f();
+                let _ = sender.send((name_clone, Box::new(result)));
+                running_cnt_clone.fetch_sub(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+            }),
+            running_cnt,
+        };
+        {
+            let mut lock = self.queue.write().unwrap();
+            lock.entry(name.to_string()).or_default().insert(id, queue);
+        }
+        SlowJob {
+            name: name.to_string(),
+            id,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn cancel(&self, job: SlowJob) {
+        let mut lock = self.queue.write().unwrap();
+        if let Some(map) = lock.get_mut(&job.name) {
+            map.remove(&job.id);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// collect all slow jobs finished
+    pub fn collect(&self, name: &str) -> Vec<Box<dyn Any>> {
+        let mut lock = self.finished.write().unwrap();
+        for (name, data) in self.receiver.try_iter() {
+            lock.entry(name).or_default().push(data);
+        }
+        lock.remove(name).unwrap_or_default()
+    }
+
+    fn maintain(&self) {
+        /*
+        let mut lock = self.queue.write().unwrap();
+        if let Some(map) = lock.get_mut(&job.name) {
+            map.remove(&job.id);
+        }
+         */
+
+        //let d = rayon::spawn(f);
+    }
+}
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