diff --git a/zscript/flakcannon.zsc b/zscript/flakcannon.zsc
index fb9f0dd..f515c47 100644
--- a/zscript/flakcannon.zsc
+++ b/zscript/flakcannon.zsc
@@ -117,23 +117,40 @@ Class FlakAccumulator : Thinker
 	override void Tick()
 	{
 		Super.Tick();
+		// so many damn safeguards in this
+		if ( !victim )
+		{
+			Destroy();
+			return;
+		}
 		int gibhealth = victim.GetGibHealth();
 		// おまえはもう死んでいる
-		if ( victim.health-total <= gibhealth ) inflictor.bEXTREMEDEATH = true;
+		if ( victim.health-total <= gibhealth )
+		{
+			// safeguard for inflictors that have somehow ceased to exist, which apparently STILL CAN HAPPEN
+			if ( inflictor ) inflictor.bEXTREMEDEATH = true;
+			else type = 'Extreme';
+		}
+		// make sure accumulation isn't reentrant
+		if ( inflictor && (inflictor is 'FlakChunk') ) inflictor.bAMBUSH = true;
 		// 何？
-		inflictor.bAMBUSH = true;
 		for ( int i=0; i<amounts.Size(); i++ )
 		{
 			if ( !victim ) break;
 			victim.DamageMobj(inflictor,source,amounts[i],type,DMG_THRUSTLESS);
 		}
-		inflictor.bAMBUSH = false;
-		inflictor.bEXTREMEDEATH = false;
+		// clean up
+		if ( inflictor )
+		{
+			if ( inflictor is 'FlakChunk' ) inflictor.bAMBUSH = false;
+			inflictor.bEXTREMEDEATH = false;
+		}
 		Destroy();
 	}
 
 	static void Accumulate( Actor victim, int amount, Actor inflictor, Actor source, Name type )
 	{
+		if ( !victim ) return;
 		let ti = ThinkerIterator.Create("FlakAccumulator",STAT_USER);
 		FlakAccumulator a, match = null;
 		while ( a = FlakAccumulator(ti.Next()) )