diff --git a/source/enemy/nanemone.cpp b/source/enemy/nanemone.cpp
index decbf1ff9..2fdf70ae2 100644
--- a/source/enemy/nanemone.cpp
+++ b/source/enemy/nanemone.cpp
@@ -147,14 +147,9 @@ void CNpc::processCloseAnemone3Attack( int _frames )
 	CProjectile *projectile;
 	u8 lifetime = 8;
 
-	DVECTOR newPos = Pos;
-
-	newPos.vx += rcos( m_fireHeading ) >> 5;
-	newPos.vy += rsin( m_fireHeading ) >> 5;
-
 	projectile = new( "test projectile" ) CProjectile;
-	projectile->init(	newPos,
-						m_heading,
+	projectile->init(	Pos,
+						m_fireHeading,
 						CProjectile::PROJECTILE_GAS_CLOUD,
 						CProjectile::PROJECTILE_FINITE_LIFE,
 						lifetime * GameState::getOneSecondInFrames() );
diff --git a/source/enemy/npc.cpp b/source/enemy/npc.cpp
index 6b8858fe4..e60b8993d 100644
--- a/source/enemy/npc.cpp
+++ b/source/enemy/npc.cpp
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ void CNpc::init()
 	m_velocity = 0;
 	m_extension = 0;
 
+	m_fireHeading = 300;
+
 	Pos.vx = 100;
 	Pos.vy = 100;
 
diff --git a/source/projectl/projectl.cpp b/source/projectl/projectl.cpp
index 74463e74b..d3d1018d6 100644
--- a/source/projectl/projectl.cpp
+++ b/source/projectl/projectl.cpp
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ void CProjectile::init()
 	m_lifetimeType = PROJECTILE_FINITE_LIFE;
 	m_state = PROJECTILE_ATTACK;
 	m_turnSpeed = 256;
+	m_extension = 0;
 }
 
 void CProjectile::init( DVECTOR initPos, s16 initHeading )
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ void CProjectile::init( DVECTOR initPos, s16 initHeading )
 	init();
 
 	m_heading = initHeading;
-	Pos = initPos;
+	m_initPos = Pos = initPos;
 }
 
 void CProjectile::init( DVECTOR initPos, s16 initHeading, PROJECTILE_MOVEMENT_TYPE initMoveType, PROJECTILE_LIFETIME_TYPE initLifeType )
@@ -223,7 +224,20 @@ void CProjectile::think(int _frames)
 
 		case PROJECTILE_GAS_CLOUD:
 		{
-			// expand but don't move
+			u16 targetExtension = 100 << 8;
+
+			if ( m_extension < targetExtension )
+			{
+				m_extension += ( ( targetExtension - m_extension ) * _frames ) >> 8;
+
+				Pos = m_initPos;
+				Pos.vx += ( m_extension * rcos( m_heading ) ) >> 20;
+				Pos.vy += ( m_extension * rsin( m_heading ) ) >> 20;
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				// expand
+			}
 
 			break;
 		}
diff --git a/source/projectl/projectl.h b/source/projectl/projectl.h
index 383684884..2e23faf4f 100644
--- a/source/projectl/projectl.h
+++ b/source/projectl/projectl.h
@@ -55,8 +55,10 @@ protected:
 	bool				processTargetSeek( int _frames, DVECTOR targetPos );
 
 	class SpriteBank							*m_spriteBank;
+	DVECTOR										m_initPos;
 	s16											m_heading;
 	s32											m_lifetime;
+	s32											m_extension;
 	PROJECTILE_MOVEMENT_TYPE					m_movementType;
 	PROJECTILE_LIFETIME_TYPE					m_lifetimeType;
 	PROJECTILE_STATE							m_state;