diff --git a/common/src/main/scala/net/psforever/packet/PSPacket.scala b/common/src/main/scala/net/psforever/packet/PSPacket.scala
index d2328b9d..597013ff 100644
--- a/common/src/main/scala/net/psforever/packet/PSPacket.scala
+++ b/common/src/main/scala/net/psforever/packet/PSPacket.scala
@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ object PacketHelpers {
     Codec[HNil].xmap[T](from, to)
   }
 
+  // NOTE: enumerations in scala can't be represented by more than an Int anyways, so this conversion shouldnt matter.
+  // This is only to overload createEnumerationCodec to work with uint32[L] codecs (which are Long)
+  def createLongEnumerationCodec[E <: Enumeration](enum : E, storageCodec : Codec[Long]) : Codec[E#Value] = {
+    createEnumerationCodec(enum, storageCodec.xmap[Int](_.toInt, _.toLong))
+  }
 
   def createEnumerationCodec[E <: Enumeration](enum : E, storageCodec : Codec[Int]) : Codec[E#Value] = {
     type Struct = Int :: HNil
diff --git a/common/src/main/scala/net/psforever/packet/game/CharacterInfoMessage.scala b/common/src/main/scala/net/psforever/packet/game/CharacterInfoMessage.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e9749556
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/src/main/scala/net/psforever/packet/game/CharacterInfoMessage.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2016 PSForever.net to present
+package net.psforever.packet.game
+
+import net.psforever.packet.{GamePacketOpcode, Marshallable, PacketHelpers, PlanetSideGamePacket}
+import scodec.Codec
+import scodec.codecs._
+
+
+case class PlanetSideZoneID(zoneId : Long)
+
+object PlanetSideZoneID {
+  implicit val codec = uint32L.as[PlanetSideZoneID]
+}
+
+case class PlanetSideGUID(guid : Int)
+
+object PlanetSideGUID {
+  implicit val codec = uint16L.as[PlanetSideGUID]
+}
+
+/**
+  * Is sent by the PlanetSide world server when sending character selection screen state. Provides metadata
+  * about a certain character for rendering purposes (zone background, etc). Acts as an array insert for the
+  * client character list. A blank displayed character is most likely caused by a mismatch between an
+  * ObjectCreateMessage GUID and the GUID from this message.
+  */
+final case class CharacterInfoMessage(zoneId : PlanetSideZoneID,
+                                      charId : Long,
+                                      guid : PlanetSideGUID,
+                                      secondsSinceLastLogin : Long)
+  extends PlanetSideGamePacket {
+  type Packet = CharacterInfoMessage
+  def opcode = GamePacketOpcode.CharacterInfoMessage
+  def encode = CharacterInfoMessage.encode(this)
+}
+
+object CharacterInfoMessage extends Marshallable[CharacterInfoMessage] {
+  implicit val codec : Codec[CharacterInfoMessage] = (
+      ("unknown" | uint32L).unit(0) ::
+      ("zoneId" | PlanetSideZoneID.codec) ::
+        ("charId" | uint32L) ::
+        ("charGUID" | PlanetSideGUID.codec) ::
+        ("unknown_bit" | bool.unit(false)) ::
+        ("seconds_since_last_login" | uint32L)
+    ).as[CharacterInfoMessage]
+}
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