diff --git a/internal/a2s/client.go b/internal/a2s/client.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30cbf3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/a2s/client.go
@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+package a2s
+
+import (
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"net"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// Errors
+var (
+	ErrPlayerRead          = errors.New("failed to read player data")
+	ErrMultiPacketInvalid  = errors.New("invalid multi-packet ID mismatch")
+	ErrMultiPacketMismatch = errors.New("multi-packet assembly failed")
+	errBzip2               = errors.New("bzip2 compressed response not supported")
+)
+
+// Flag type for request/response types
+type Flag byte
+
+const (
+	PlayerRequest    Flag = 0x55
+	ChallengeResponse Flag = 0x41
+
+	DefaultBufferSize       = 1400
+	DefaultDeadlineTimeout  = 5
+	singlePacket     uint32 = 0xFFFFFFFF
+)
+
+// Client handles connection and options
+type Client struct {
+	Conn       *net.UDPConn
+	Address    *net.UDPAddr
+	Timeout    time.Duration
+	BufferSize uint16
+}
+
+// New creates a new Client and dials the connection
+func New(ip string, port int) (*Client, error) {
+	return NewWithAddr(&net.UDPAddr{IP: net.ParseIP(ip), Port: port})
+}
+
+func NewWithString(addr string) (*Client, error) {
+	udpAddr, err := net.ResolveUDPAddr("udp", addr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return NewWithAddr(udpAddr)
+}
+
+func NewWithAddr(addr *net.UDPAddr) (*Client, error) {
+	client := &Client{
+		Address:    addr,
+		Timeout:    DefaultDeadlineTimeout * time.Second,
+		BufferSize: DefaultBufferSize,
+	}
+	return client, client.Dial()
+}
+
+func (c *Client) Dial() error {
+	conn, err := net.DialUDP("udp", nil, c.Address)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	c.Conn = conn
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (c *Client) Close() error {
+	return c.Conn.Close()
+}
+
+func (c *Client) SetBufferSize(size uint16) {
+	c.BufferSize = size
+}
+
+func (c *Client) SetDeadlineTimeout(seconds int) {
+	c.Timeout = time.Duration(seconds) * time.Second
+}
+
+func (c *Client) Get(requestType Flag) ([]byte, Flag, time.Duration, error) {
+	resp, duration, err := c.request(requestType, singlePacket)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, 0, 0, err
+	}
+	flag := Flag(resp[4])
+
+	if flag == ChallengeResponse {
+		challenge := binary.BigEndian.Uint32(resp[5:9])
+		resp, _, err = c.request(requestType, challenge)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, 0, 0, err
+		}
+		flag = Flag(resp[4])
+	}
+
+	if err := validateResponseType(requestType, flag); err != nil {
+		return resp[5:], flag, duration, err
+	}
+
+	return resp[5:], flag, duration, nil
+}
+
+func (c *Client) request(requestType Flag, challenge uint32) ([]byte, time.Duration, error) {
+	req, err := createHeader(requestType, challenge)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, 0, err
+	}
+
+	start := time.Now()
+
+	if _, err := c.Conn.Write(req); err != nil {
+		return nil, 0, err
+	}
+	if err := c.Conn.SetReadDeadline(time.Now().Add(c.Timeout)); err != nil {
+		return nil, 0, err
+	}
+
+	resp := make([]byte, c.BufferSize)
+	n, err := c.Conn.Read(resp)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, 0, err
+	}
+
+	duration := time.Since(start)
+
+	multi, err := isMultiPacket(resp)
+	if err != nil {
+		return resp, 0, err
+	}
+
+	if !multi {
+		return resp[:n], duration, nil
+	}
+
+	packetID := binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(resp[4:8])
+	packetCount := int(resp[8] & 0x0F)
+	currentPacket := int(resp[9] & 0x0F)
+
+	if (packetID & 0x80000000) != 0 {
+		return nil, 0, errBzip2
+	}
+
+	packets := make(map[int][]byte)
+	packets[currentPacket] = resp[12:n]
+
+	for len(packets) < packetCount {
+		buf := make([]byte, c.BufferSize)
+		n, err := c.Conn.Read(buf)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, 0, err
+		}
+		if binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(buf[4:8]) != packetID {
+			return nil, 0, ErrMultiPacketInvalid
+		}
+
+		currentPacket = int(buf[9] & 0x0F)
+		if _, exists := packets[currentPacket]; !exists {
+			packets[currentPacket] = buf[12:n]
+		}
+	}
+
+	var assembledResp []byte
+	for i := 0; i < packetCount; i++ {
+		data, exists := packets[i]
+		if !exists {
+			return nil, 0, ErrMultiPacketMismatch
+		}
+		assembledResp = append(assembledResp, data...)
+	}
+
+	return assembledResp, duration, nil
+}
+
+// Helpers
+
+func createHeader(requestType Flag, challenge uint32) ([]byte, error) {
+	header := []byte{0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, byte(requestType)}
+	if challenge != singlePacket {
+		challengeBytes := make([]byte, 4)
+		binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(challengeBytes, challenge)
+		header = append(header, challengeBytes...)
+	}
+	return header, nil
+}
+
+func validateResponseType(request, response Flag) error {
+	if request == PlayerRequest && response != 0x44 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unexpected player response flag: 0x%X", response)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func isMultiPacket(buf []byte) (bool, error) {
+	if len(buf) < 4 {
+		return false, errors.New("packet too short")
+	}
+	header := binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(buf[:4])
+	return header == 0xFFFFFFFE, nil
+}
+
diff --git a/scratch b/scratch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f5546c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scratch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+client, err := a2s.New("127.0.0.1", 27016)
+if err != nil {
+  panic(err)
+}
+
+client.SetBufferSize(2048)
+client.SetDeadlineTimeout(3)
+
+defer client.Close()
+
+players,err := client.GetPlayers()
+if err != nil {
+  panic(err)
+} else {
+  fmt.Printf("%+v\n", players)
+}