Revert "NIC Beginnings"

This reverts commit 95aa56551a1bec138e528a1069950f966e46d692.
Revert "Revert "NIC Beginnings""

This reverts commit c548646f125dd14806a112b2ff6db643d046bc6e.
Revert 95aa565..9548596

This rolls back to commit 95aa56551a1bec138e528a1069950f966e46d692.