diff --git a/dGame/dComponents/RocketLaunchpadControlComponent.cpp b/dGame/dComponents/RocketLaunchpadControlComponent.cpp
index f5148d3a2..3b8a5024a 100644
--- a/dGame/dComponents/RocketLaunchpadControlComponent.cpp
+++ b/dGame/dComponents/RocketLaunchpadControlComponent.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ RocketLaunchpadControlComponent::RocketLaunchpadControlComponent(Entity* parent,
 // The RocketLaunchpadControlComponent row
 void RocketLaunchpadControlComponent::LoadDataFromTemplate() {
 	auto query = CDClientDatabase::CreatePreppedStmt(
-		"SELECT targetZone, defaultZoneID, targetScene, altLandingPrecondition, altLandingSpawnPointName FROM RocketLaunchpadControlComponent WHERE id = ?;");
+		"SELECT targetZone, defaultZoneID, targetScene, altLandingPrecondition, altLandingSpawnPointName, gmLevel, useLaunchPrecondition, launchPrecondition FROM RocketLaunchpadControlComponent WHERE id = ?;");
 	query.bind(1, m_ComponentID);
 
 	auto result = query.execQuery();
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ void RocketLaunchpadControlComponent::LoadDataFromTemplate() {
 		m_TargetScene = result.getStringField("targetScene");
 		m_AltPrecondition = new PreconditionExpression(result.getStringField("altLandingPrecondition"));
 		m_AltLandingScene = result.getStringField("altLandingSpawnPointName");
+		m_GMLevel = result.getIntField("gmLevel", 0);
+		if (result.getIntField("useLaunchPrecondition", 0) != 0) m_LaunchPrecondition = result.getStringField("launchPrecondition", "");
 	}
 
 	result.finalize();
@@ -57,6 +59,11 @@ GameMessages::FireEventClientSide RocketLaunchpadControlComponent::MakeRocketEqu
 	return rocketEquipped;
 }
 
+bool RocketLaunchpadControlComponent::MayLaunch(Entity& player) const {
+	if (static_cast<int32_t>(player.GetGMLevel()) < m_GMLevel) return false;
+	return m_LaunchPrecondition.empty() || PreconditionExpression(m_LaunchPrecondition).Check(&player);
+}
+
 void RocketLaunchpadControlComponent::Launch(Entity* originator, LWOMAPID mapId, LWOCLONEID cloneId, int32_t worldIndex) {
 	auto zone = mapId == LWOMAPID_INVALID ? m_TargetZone : mapId;
 
@@ -64,6 +71,8 @@ void RocketLaunchpadControlComponent::Launch(Entity* originator, LWOMAPID mapId,
 		return;
 	}
 
+	if (!MayLaunch(*originator)) return;
+
 	// This also gets triggered by a proximity monitor + item equip, I will set that up when havok is ready
 	auto* characterComponent = originator->GetComponent<CharacterComponent>();
 	auto* character = originator->GetCharacter();
diff --git a/dGame/dComponents/RocketLaunchpadControlComponent.h b/dGame/dComponents/RocketLaunchpadControlComponent.h
index c2e63ee36..13ddf856b 100644
--- a/dGame/dComponents/RocketLaunchpadControlComponent.h
+++ b/dGame/dComponents/RocketLaunchpadControlComponent.h
@@ -29,6 +29,13 @@ public:
 
 	void LoadDataFromTemplate() override;
 
+	/**
+	 * Whether the player may launch from this pad: LWORocketLaunchComponentCommon refuses a player under the pad's GM
+	 * level (msgFireEventClientSide 0x00cb78b0) or that fails its launch precondition (msgCheckUseRequirements
+	 * 0x00c7d0d0), so a client does not ask
+	 */
+	bool MayLaunch(Entity& player) const;
+
 	/**
 	 * Launches some entity to another world
 	 * @param originator the entity to launch
@@ -136,7 +143,17 @@ private:
 	/**
 	 * Some precondition that needs to be met to trigger the alternative landing scene
 	 */
-	PreconditionExpression* m_AltPrecondition;
+	PreconditionExpression* m_AltPrecondition{};
+
+	/**
+	 * The GM level a player needs to launch from this pad (the row's gmLevel)
+	 */
+	int32_t m_GMLevel{};
+
+	/**
+	 * The row's launchPrecondition, when its useLaunchPrecondition is set: what a player has to pass to launch
+	 */
+	std::string m_LaunchPrecondition;
 
 	/**
 	 * Notifies the master server to prepare some world for a player to be able to travel to it
diff --git a/tests/dGameTests/dComponentsTests/RocketLaunchTests.cpp b/tests/dGameTests/dComponentsTests/RocketLaunchTests.cpp
index 45f0ff75b..b5f3a87c2 100644
--- a/tests/dGameTests/dComponentsTests/RocketLaunchTests.cpp
+++ b/tests/dGameTests/dComponentsTests/RocketLaunchTests.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #include "GameDependencies.h"
 #include "dGameMessagesTests/GameMessageTestUtils.h"
 
+#include "CDClientDatabase.h"
+#include "Entity.h"
 #include "ObjectMessages.h"
 #include "RocketLaunchpadControlComponent.h"
 
@@ -49,3 +51,25 @@ TEST_F(RocketLaunchTests, RocketEquippedIsBroadcast) {
 	ASSERT_EQ(sent.size(), 1u);
 	EXPECT_TRUE(sent[0].broadcast);
 }
+
+// A pad's row can ask for a GM level (the AG test pad: 9); LWORocketLaunchComponentCommon::msgFireEventClientSide
+// (0x00cb78b0) does not launch a player under it
+TEST_F(RocketLaunchTests, APadWithAGmLevelLaunchesOnlyThoseAtIt) {
+	CDClientDatabase::Connect(":memory:");
+	CDClientDatabase::ExecuteDML("CREATE TABLE RocketLaunchpadControlComponent (id INTEGER, targetZone INTEGER, defaultZoneID INTEGER, targetScene TEXT, gmLevel INTEGER, useLaunchPrecondition INTEGER, launchPrecondition TEXT, useAltLandingPrecondition INTEGER, altLandingPrecondition TEXT, altLandingSpawnPointName TEXT);");
+	CDClientDatabase::ExecuteDML("INSERT INTO RocketLaunchpadControlComponent VALUES (1, 1100, 0, 'AGLaunch', 9, 0, '', 0, '', '');");
+	CDClientDatabase::ExecuteDML("INSERT INTO RocketLaunchpadControlComponent VALUES (2, 1200, 0, 'NS_NT', 0, 0, '47', 0, '', '');");
+
+	Entity gmPad(PAD, info);
+	auto* const gmOnly = gmPad.AddComponent<RocketLaunchpadControlComponent>(1);
+	gmOnly->LoadDataFromTemplate();
+	Entity openPad(PAD + 1, info);
+	auto* const open = openPad.AddComponent<RocketLaunchpadControlComponent>(2);
+	open->LoadDataFromTemplate();
+
+	Entity player(PLAYER, info);
+	EXPECT_FALSE(gmOnly->MayLaunch(player));
+	EXPECT_TRUE(open->MayLaunch(player)); // its precondition is not in use
+	player.SetGMLevel(eGameMasterLevel::OPERATOR);
+	EXPECT_TRUE(gmOnly->MayLaunch(player));
+}