diff --git a/MUNGA/MOVER.cpp b/MUNGA/MOVER.cpp
index 4e0d8a1..5f260e6 100644
--- a/MUNGA/MOVER.cpp
+++ b/MUNGA/MOVER.cpp
@@ -32,16 +32,47 @@ static Scalar	gLastPercent = 0.0f;
 // The second pair are a backstop on the answer, set deliberately wide so
 // that in every sane case the median decides it and these never bind.
 //
+// Measured send rate on a live connection is about 30ms, so half a second
+// is already sixteen times slower than anything healthy.
+//
 static const Scalar	kMinimumUpdateInterval		= 0.001f;
-static const Scalar	kOutlierUpdateInterval		= 2.0f;
+static const Scalar	kOutlierUpdateInterval		= 0.5f;
 static const Scalar	kMinimumPredictedInterval	= 0.010f;
-static const Scalar	kMaximumPredictedInterval	= 1.0f;
+
+//
+// Never predict further ahead than this, which puts a floor under the
+// dead reckoner's blend fraction: at a 20ms step the worst case becomes
+// 0.02/(0.25+0.02), near enough 7% of the gap per step, so a pod still
+// converges on its projection in a dozen steps instead of crawling.
+//
+static const Scalar	kMaximumPredictedInterval	= 0.25f;
 
 //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 //
 // RP412NETPREDICT=0 restores the original single-sample prediction, so the
 // two can be compared on the same build and the same connection.
 //
+//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+//
+// Every path out of PredictUpdateInterval goes through here. It used not
+// to, and the one that skipped it was the bug.
+//
+static Scalar
+	ClampPredictedInterval(Scalar interval)
+{
+	if (interval < kMinimumPredictedInterval)
+	{
+		return kMinimumPredictedInterval;
+	}
+	if (interval > kMaximumPredictedInterval)
+	{
+		return kMaximumPredictedInterval;
+	}
+	return interval;
+}
+
+//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+//
 static Logical
 	UseMedianPrediction()
 {
@@ -918,12 +949,16 @@ Scalar
 	}
 
 	//
-	// Too few samples to hold an opinion. Fall back to the old behaviour
-	// rather than inventing a rate we have no evidence for.
+	// Too few samples to hold an opinion. Fall back to the gap we just saw
+	// rather than inventing a rate we have no evidence for - but clamp it
+	// like any other answer. Leaving this path unclamped let a 2.05s gap
+	// through in the first updates after an entity appeared, which drove
+	// the blend fraction to 0.0097 and stalled the step. That is every
+	// respawn, and it is exactly when the pod is being watched.
 	//
 	if (updateIntervalCount < 3)
 	{
-		return latest;
+		return ClampPredictedInterval(latest);
 	}
 
 	//
@@ -950,17 +985,7 @@ Scalar
 		sorted[j + 1] = value;
 	}
 
-	Scalar median = sorted[updateIntervalCount / 2];
-
-	if (median < kMinimumPredictedInterval)
-	{
-		median = kMinimumPredictedInterval;
-	}
-	if (median > kMaximumPredictedInterval)
-	{
-		median = kMaximumPredictedInterval;
-	}
-	return median;
+	return ClampPredictedInterval(sorted[updateIntervalCount / 2]);
 }
 
 //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~