diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fca85e6..8ea42f7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 members = [
   'foundation',
   'server',
-  'client',
-  'serverctl',
-  'example_plugin'
+  'protocol'
 ]
+
+[workspace.dependencies]
+protobuf-codegen = "3.4.0"
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diff --git a/protocol/Cargo.toml b/protocol/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ba7573
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protocol/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+[package]
+name = "protocol"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["michael-bailey <mickyb18a@gmail.com>"]
+edition = "2018"
+
+[lib]
+
+[dependencies]
+chrono = "0.4"
+uuid = {version = "1.1.2", features = ["serde", "v4"]}
+serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
+serde_json = "1.0"
+crossbeam = "0.8.0"
+crossbeam-channel = "0.5.0"
+zeroize = "1.1.0"
+tokio = { version = "1.9.0", features = ["full"] }
+futures = "0.3.16"
+async-trait = "0.1.52"
+toml = "0.8.8"
+protobuf = "3.4.0"
+
+[build-dependencies]
+protobuf-codegen.workspace = true
diff --git a/protocol/build.rs b/protocol/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..deedf9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protocol/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+use protobuf_codegen::Codegen;
+
+// Use this in build.rs
+fn main() {
+	Codegen::new()
+		.includes(["src/proto"])
+		.input("src/proto/messages.proto")
+		.input("src/proto/network.proto")
+		.cargo_out_dir("proto")
+		.run_from_script();
+}
diff --git a/protocol/src/lib.rs b/protocol/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0aff850
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protocol/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+mod proto;
+
+pub mod prelude {
+	pub use super::proto::network::*;
+}
diff --git a/protocol/src/proto/messages.proto b/protocol/src/proto/messages.proto
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ccaacc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protocol/src/proto/messages.proto
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+syntax = "proto3";
+
+message Person {
+  string name = 1;
+  int32 id = 2;  // Unique ID number for this person.
+  string email = 3;
+}
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diff --git a/protocol/src/proto/mod.rs b/protocol/src/proto/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a456482
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protocol/src/proto/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/proto/mod.rs"));
diff --git a/protocol/src/proto/network.proto b/protocol/src/proto/network.proto
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..927f8d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protocol/src/proto/network.proto
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+syntax = "proto3";
+
+// Network messages from the client.
+message NetoworkClientMessage {
+	oneof message {
+		GetInfo get_info = 1;
+		Connect connect = 2;
+	}
+}
+
+message GetInfo {}
+
+message Connect {
+	string username = 1;
+	string uuid = 2;
+}
+
+// Network messages from the server.
+message NetworkServerMessage {
+	oneof message {
+		Request request = 1;
+	}
+}
+
+message Request {}
+
+message Info {
+	string server_name = 1;
+	string owner = 2;
+}
+
+message Connected {}