diff --git a/bomb.go b/bomb.go
index 3f2e66e..91d2a07 100644
--- a/bomb.go
+++ b/bomb.go
@@ -44,3 +44,33 @@ func (b *Bomb) Tick(frame int64) {
 func (b *Bomb) String() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("[bomb from: %v to: %v lived: %s]", b.origin, b.target, time.Since(b.start))
 }
+
+type MakeBombState struct {
+	CommandSuite
+	*System
+	start int64
+}
+
+func MakeBomb(s *System) ConnectionState {
+	m := &MakeBombState{System: s}
+	return m
+}
+
+func (m *MakeBombState) Enter(c *Connection) {
+	c.Printf("Making a bomb...\n")
+}
+
+func (m *MakeBombState) Tick(c *Connection, frame int64) ConnectionState {
+	if m.start == 0 {
+		m.start = frame
+	}
+	if framesToDur(frame-m.start) >= options.makeBombTime {
+		return Idle(m.System)
+	}
+	return m
+}
+
+func (m *MakeBombState) Exit(c *Connection) {
+	c.bombs += 1
+	c.Printf("Done!  You now have %v bombs.\n", c.bombs)
+}
diff --git a/idle.go b/idle.go
index fb4242d..c97abaf 100644
--- a/idle.go
+++ b/idle.go
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ func Idle(sys *System) ConnectionState {
 			arity:   0,
 			handler: i.scan,
 		},
+		Command{
+			name:    "make",
+			help:    "makes things",
+			handler: i.maek,
+		},
 	}
 	return i
 }
@@ -131,3 +136,12 @@ func (i *IdleState) scan(c *Connection, args ...string) {
 	c.Printf("Scanning the galaxy for signs of life...\n")
 	currentGame.Register(NewScan(i.System))
 }
+
+func (i *IdleState) maek(c *Connection, args ...string) {
+	switch args[0] {
+	case "bomb":
+		c.SetState(MakeBomb(i.System))
+	default:
+		c.Printf("I don't know how to make a %v.\n", args[0])
+	}
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 72b720c..59e10bb 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ var options struct {
 	frameRate     int
 	frameLength   time.Duration
 	lightSpeed    float64
+	makeBombTime  time.Duration
 	moneyMean     float64
 	moneySigma    float64
 	playerSpeed   float64
@@ -114,4 +115,5 @@ func init() {
 	flag.BoolVar(&options.debug, "debug", false, "puts the game in debug mode")
 	flag.StringVar(&options.speckPath, "speck-path", "/projects/exo/expl.speck", "path to exoplanet speck file")
 	flag.DurationVar(&options.respawnTime, "respawn-time", 60*time.Second, "time for player respawn")
+	flag.DurationVar(&options.makeBombTime, "bomb-time", 5*time.Second, "time it takes to make a bomb")
 }