diff --git a/libraries/particles/src/ParticleScriptingInterface.cpp b/libraries/particles/src/ParticleScriptingInterface.cpp
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+//
+//  ParticleScriptingInterface.cpp
+//  hifi
+//
+//  Created by Brad Hefta-Gaub on 12/6/13
+//  Copyright (c) 2013 HighFidelity, Inc. All rights reserved.
+//
+
+#include "ParticleScriptingInterface.h"
+
+ParticleScriptingInterface::ParticleScriptingInterface() {
+    _jurisdictionListener.initialize(true);
+    _particlePacketSender.setServerJurisdictions(_jurisdictionListener.getJurisdictions());
+}
+
+void ParticleScriptingInterface::queueParticleAdd(PACKET_TYPE addPacketType, ParticleDetail& addParticleDetails) {
+    _particlePacketSender.queueParticleEditMessages(addPacketType, 1, &addParticleDetails);
+}
+
+void ParticleScriptingInterface::queueParticleAdd(float x, float y, float z, float scale, uchar red, uchar green, uchar blue, 
+                                                    float vx, float vy, float vz) {
+                                                    
+    // setup a ParticleDetail struct with the data
+    ParticleDetail addParticleDetail = { glm::vec3(x, y, z), scale, {red, green, blue} , glm::vec3(vx, vy, vz) };
+    
+    // queue the packet
+    queueParticleAdd(PACKET_TYPE_PARTICLE_ADD, addParticleDetail);
+}
+
+void ParticleScriptingInterface::queueParticleDelete(float x, float y, float z, float scale) {
+    // not yet supported
+}
+
diff --git a/libraries/particles/src/ParticleScriptingInterface.h b/libraries/particles/src/ParticleScriptingInterface.h
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+//
+//  ParticleScriptingInterface.h
+//  hifi
+//
+//  Created by Brad Hefta-Gaub on 12/6/13
+//  Copyright (c) 2013 HighFidelity, Inc. All rights reserved.
+//
+
+#ifndef __hifi__ParticleScriptingInterface__
+#define __hifi__ParticleScriptingInterface__
+
+#include <QtCore/QObject>
+
+#include <JurisdictionListener.h>
+#include "ParticleEditPacketSender.h"
+
+/// handles scripting of Particle commands from JS passed to assigned clients
+class ParticleScriptingInterface : public QObject {
+    Q_OBJECT
+public:
+    ParticleScriptingInterface();
+    
+    ParticleEditPacketSender* getParticlePacketSender() { return &_particlePacketSender; }
+    JurisdictionListener* getJurisdictionListener() { return &_jurisdictionListener; }
+public slots:
+    /// queues the creation of a Particle which will be sent by calling process on the PacketSender
+    /// \param x the x-coordinate of the particle (in VS space)
+    /// \param y the y-coordinate of the particle (in VS space)
+    /// \param z the z-coordinate of the particle (in VS space)
+    /// \param scale the scale of the particle (in VS space)
+    /// \param red the R value for RGB color of particle
+    /// \param green the G value for RGB color of particle
+    /// \param blue the B value for RGB color of particle
+    void queueParticleAdd(float x, float y, float z, float scale, uchar red, uchar green, uchar blue, 
+                            float vx, float vy, float vz);
+    
+    /// queues the deletion of a particle, sent by calling process on the PacketSender
+    /// \param x the x-coordinate of the particle (in VS space)
+    /// \param y the y-coordinate of the particle (in VS space)
+    /// \param z the z-coordinate of the particle (in VS space)
+    /// \param scale the scale of the particle (in VS space)
+    void queueParticleDelete(float x, float y, float z, float scale);
+
+    /// Set the desired max packet size in bytes that should be created
+    void setMaxPacketSize(int maxPacketSize) { return _particlePacketSender.setMaxPacketSize(maxPacketSize); }
+
+    /// returns the current desired max packet size in bytes that will be created
+    int getMaxPacketSize() const { return _particlePacketSender.getMaxPacketSize(); }
+
+    /// set the max packets per second send rate
+    void setPacketsPerSecond(int packetsPerSecond) { return _particlePacketSender.setPacketsPerSecond(packetsPerSecond); }
+
+    /// get the max packets per second send rate
+    int getPacketsPerSecond() const  { return _particlePacketSender.getPacketsPerSecond(); }
+
+    /// does a particle server exist to send to
+    bool serversExist() const { return _particlePacketSender.serversExist(); }
+
+    /// are there packets waiting in the send queue to be sent
+    bool hasPacketsToSend() const { return _particlePacketSender.hasPacketsToSend(); }
+
+    /// how many packets are there in the send queue waiting to be sent
+    int packetsToSendCount() const { return _particlePacketSender.packetsToSendCount(); }
+
+    /// returns the packets per second send rate of this object over its lifetime
+    float getLifetimePPS() const { return _particlePacketSender.getLifetimePPS(); }
+
+    /// returns the bytes per second send rate of this object over its lifetime
+    float getLifetimeBPS() const { return _particlePacketSender.getLifetimeBPS(); }
+    
+    /// returns the packets per second queued rate of this object over its lifetime
+    float getLifetimePPSQueued() const  { return _particlePacketSender.getLifetimePPSQueued(); }
+
+    /// returns the bytes per second queued rate of this object over its lifetime
+    float getLifetimeBPSQueued() const { return _particlePacketSender.getLifetimeBPSQueued(); }
+
+    /// returns lifetime of this object from first packet sent to now in usecs
+    long long unsigned int getLifetimeInUsecs() const { return _particlePacketSender.getLifetimeInUsecs(); }
+
+    /// returns lifetime of this object from first packet sent to now in usecs
+    float getLifetimeInSeconds() const { return _particlePacketSender.getLifetimeInSeconds(); }
+
+    /// returns the total packets sent by this object over its lifetime
+    long long unsigned int getLifetimePacketsSent() const { return _particlePacketSender.getLifetimePacketsSent(); }
+
+    /// returns the total bytes sent by this object over its lifetime
+    long long unsigned int getLifetimeBytesSent() const { return _particlePacketSender.getLifetimeBytesSent(); }
+
+    /// returns the total packets queued by this object over its lifetime
+    long long unsigned int getLifetimePacketsQueued() const { return _particlePacketSender.getLifetimePacketsQueued(); }
+
+    /// returns the total bytes queued by this object over its lifetime
+    long long unsigned int getLifetimeBytesQueued() const { return _particlePacketSender.getLifetimeBytesQueued(); }
+
+private:
+    /// attached ParticleEditPacketSender that handles queuing and sending of packets to VS
+    ParticleEditPacketSender _particlePacketSender;
+    JurisdictionListener _jurisdictionListener;
+    
+    void queueParticleAdd(PACKET_TYPE addPacketType, ParticleDetail& addParticleDetails);
+};
+
+#endif /* defined(__hifi__ParticleScriptingInterface__) */