diff --git a/src/script/api/CMakeLists.txt b/src/script/api/CMakeLists.txt
index 0cab134930..f41efd068c 100644
--- a/src/script/api/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/script/api/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ add_files(
     script_accounting.hpp
     script_admin.hpp
     script_airport.hpp
+    script_asyncmode.hpp
     script_base.hpp
     script_basestation.hpp
     script_bridge.hpp
@@ -219,6 +220,7 @@ add_files(
     script_accounting.cpp
     script_admin.cpp
     script_airport.cpp
+    script_asyncmode.cpp
     script_base.cpp
     script_basestation.cpp
     script_bridge.cpp
diff --git a/src/script/api/script_asyncmode.cpp b/src/script/api/script_asyncmode.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..afad59187d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/script/api/script_asyncmode.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of OpenTTD.
+ * OpenTTD is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 2.
+ * OpenTTD is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+ * See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with OpenTTD. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+/** @file script_asyncmode.cpp Implementation of ScriptAsyncMode. */
+
+#include "../../stdafx.h"
+#include "script_asyncmode.hpp"
+#include "../script_instance.hpp"
+#include "../script_fatalerror.hpp"
+
+#include "../../safeguards.h"
+
+bool ScriptAsyncMode::AsyncModeProc()
+{
+	/* In async mode we only return 'true', telling the DoCommand it
+	 *  should stop run the command in asynchronous/fire-and-forget mode. */
+	return true;
+}
+
+bool ScriptAsyncMode::NonAsyncModeProc()
+{
+	/* In non-async mode we only return 'false', normal operation. */
+	return false;
+}
+
+ScriptAsyncMode::ScriptAsyncMode(HSQUIRRELVM vm)
+{
+	int nparam = sq_gettop(vm) - 1;
+	if (nparam < 1) {
+		throw sq_throwerror(vm, "You need to pass a boolean to the constructor");
+	}
+
+	SQBool sqasync;
+	if (SQ_FAILED(sq_getbool(vm, 2, &sqasync))) {
+		throw sq_throwerror(vm, "Argument must be a boolean");
+	}
+
+	this->last_mode     = this->GetDoCommandMode();
+	this->last_instance = this->GetDoCommandModeInstance();
+
+	this->SetDoCommandAsyncMode(sqasync ? &ScriptAsyncMode::AsyncModeProc : &ScriptAsyncMode::NonAsyncModeProc, this);
+}
+
+void ScriptAsyncMode::FinalRelease()
+{
+	if (this->GetDoCommandAsyncModeInstance() != this) {
+		/* Ignore this error if the script already died. */
+		if (!ScriptObject::GetActiveInstance()->IsDead()) {
+			throw Script_FatalError("Asyncmode object was removed while it was not the latest *Mode object created.");
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+ScriptAsyncMode::~ScriptAsyncMode()
+{
+	this->SetDoCommandAsyncMode(this->last_mode, this->last_instance);
+}
diff --git a/src/script/api/script_asyncmode.hpp b/src/script/api/script_asyncmode.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ba8014b86d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/script/api/script_asyncmode.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of OpenTTD.
+ * OpenTTD is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 2.
+ * OpenTTD is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+ * See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with OpenTTD. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+/** @file script_asyncmode.hpp Switch the script instance to Async Mode. */
+
+#ifndef SCRIPT_ASYNCMODE_HPP
+#define SCRIPT_ASYNCMODE_HPP
+
+#include "script_object.hpp"
+
+/**
+ * Class to switch current mode to Async Mode.
+ * If you create an instance of this class, the mode will be switched to
+ *   either Asynchronous or Non-Asynchronous mode.
+ *   The original mode is stored and recovered from when ever the instance is destroyed.
+ * In Asynchronous mode all the commands you execute are queued for later execution. The
+ *   system checks if it would be able to execute your requests, and returns what
+ *   the cost would be. The actual cost and whether the command succeeded when the command
+ *   is eventually executed may differ from what was reported to the script.
+ * @api game
+ */
+class ScriptAsyncMode : public ScriptObject {
+private:
+	ScriptAsyncModeProc *last_mode; ///< The previous mode we were in.
+	ScriptObject *last_instance;    ///< The previous instance of the mode.
+
+protected:
+	static bool AsyncModeProc();
+	static bool NonAsyncModeProc();
+
+public:
+#ifndef DOXYGEN_API
+	/**
+	 * The constructor wrapper from Squirrel.
+	 */
+	ScriptAsyncMode(HSQUIRRELVM vm);
+#else
+	/**
+	 * Creating instance of this class switches the build mode to Asynchronous or Non-Asynchronous (normal).
+	 * @note When the instance is destroyed, it restores the mode that was
+	 *   current when the instance was created!
+	 * @param asynchronous Whether the new mode should be Asynchronous, if true, or Non-Asynchronous, if false.
+	 */
+	ScriptAsyncMode(bool asynchronous);
+#endif /* DOXYGEN_API */
+
+	/**
+	 * Destroying this instance resets the asynchronous mode to the mode it was
+	 *   in when the instance was created.
+	 */
+	~ScriptAsyncMode();
+
+	/**
+	 * @api -all
+	 */
+	virtual void FinalRelease();
+};
+
+#endif /* SCRIPT_ASYNCMODE_HPP */
diff --git a/src/script/api/script_object.cpp b/src/script/api/script_object.cpp
index 0f78464432..8e3a684240 100644
--- a/src/script/api/script_object.cpp
+++ b/src/script/api/script_object.cpp
@@ -82,6 +82,22 @@ ScriptObject::ActiveInstance::~ActiveInstance()
 	return GetStorage()->mode_instance;
 }
 
+/* static */ void ScriptObject::SetDoCommandAsyncMode(ScriptAsyncModeProc *proc, ScriptObject *instance)
+{
+	GetStorage()->async_mode = proc;
+	GetStorage()->async_mode_instance = instance;
+}
+
+/* static */ ScriptAsyncModeProc *ScriptObject::GetDoCommandAsyncMode()
+{
+	return GetStorage()->async_mode;
+}
+
+/* static */ ScriptObject *ScriptObject::GetDoCommandAsyncModeInstance()
+{
+	return GetStorage()->async_mode_instance;
+}
+
 /* static */ void ScriptObject::SetLastCommand(const CommandDataBuffer &data, Commands cmd)
 {
 	ScriptStorage *s = GetStorage();
@@ -239,7 +255,7 @@ ScriptObject::ActiveInstance::~ActiveInstance()
 	return ScriptObject::GetActiveInstance()->GetDoCommandCallback();
 }
 
-std::tuple<bool, bool, bool> ScriptObject::DoCommandPrep()
+std::tuple<bool, bool, bool, bool> ScriptObject::DoCommandPrep()
 {
 	if (!ScriptObject::CanSuspend()) {
 		throw Script_FatalError("You are not allowed to execute any DoCommand (even indirect) in your constructor, Save(), Load(), and any valuator.");
@@ -248,17 +264,20 @@ std::tuple<bool, bool, bool> ScriptObject::DoCommandPrep()
 	/* Are we only interested in the estimate costs? */
 	bool estimate_only = GetDoCommandMode() != nullptr && !GetDoCommandMode()();
 
+	/* Should the command be executed asynchronously? */
+	bool asynchronous = GetDoCommandAsyncMode() != nullptr && GetDoCommandAsyncMode()();
+
 	bool networking = _networking && !_generating_world;
 
 	if (!ScriptCompanyMode::IsDeity() && !ScriptCompanyMode::IsValid()) {
 		ScriptObject::SetLastError(ScriptError::ERR_PRECONDITION_INVALID_COMPANY);
-		return { true, estimate_only, networking };
+		return { true, estimate_only, asynchronous, networking };
 	}
 
-	return { false, estimate_only, networking };
+	return { false, estimate_only, asynchronous, networking };
 }
 
-bool ScriptObject::DoCommandProcessResult(const CommandCost &res, Script_SuspendCallbackProc *callback, bool estimate_only)
+bool ScriptObject::DoCommandProcessResult(const CommandCost &res, Script_SuspendCallbackProc *callback, bool estimate_only, bool asynchronous)
 {
 	/* Set the default callback to return a true/false result of the DoCommand */
 	if (callback == nullptr) callback = &ScriptInstance::DoCommandReturn;
@@ -282,8 +301,13 @@ bool ScriptObject::DoCommandProcessResult(const CommandCost &res, Script_Suspend
 	SetLastCost(res.GetCost());
 	SetLastCommandRes(true);
 
-	if (_generating_world) {
+	if (_generating_world || asynchronous) {
 		IncreaseDoCommandCosts(res.GetCost());
+		if (!_generating_world) {
+			/* Charge a nominal fee for asynchronously executed commands */
+			Squirrel *engine = ScriptObject::GetActiveInstance()->engine;
+			Squirrel::DecreaseOps(engine->GetVM(), 100);
+		}
 		if (callback != nullptr) {
 			/* Insert return value into to stack and throw a control code that
 			 * the return value in the stack should be used. */
diff --git a/src/script/api/script_object.hpp b/src/script/api/script_object.hpp
index f4b5694bcc..b2f1f392f9 100644
--- a/src/script/api/script_object.hpp
+++ b/src/script/api/script_object.hpp
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@
  */
 typedef bool (ScriptModeProc)();
 
+/**
+ * The callback function for Async Mode-classes.
+ */
+typedef bool (ScriptAsyncModeProc)();
+
 /**
  * Uper-parent object of all API classes. You should never use this class in
  *   your script, as it doesn't publish any public functions. It is used
@@ -188,6 +193,21 @@ protected:
 	 */
 	static ScriptObject *GetDoCommandModeInstance();
 
+	/**
+	 * Set the current async mode of your script to this proc.
+	 */
+	static void SetDoCommandAsyncMode(ScriptAsyncModeProc *proc, ScriptObject *instance);
+
+	/**
+	 * Get the current async mode your script is currently under.
+	 */
+	static ScriptModeProc *GetDoCommandAsyncMode();
+
+	/**
+	 * Get the instance of the current async mode your script is currently under.
+	 */
+	static ScriptObject *GetDoCommandAsyncModeInstance();
+
 	/**
 	 * Set the delay of the DoCommand.
 	 */
@@ -286,8 +306,8 @@ protected:
 
 private:
 	/* Helper functions for DoCommand. */
-	static std::tuple<bool, bool, bool> DoCommandPrep();
-	static bool DoCommandProcessResult(const CommandCost &res, Script_SuspendCallbackProc *callback, bool estimate_only);
+	static std::tuple<bool, bool, bool, bool> DoCommandPrep();
+	static bool DoCommandProcessResult(const CommandCost &res, Script_SuspendCallbackProc *callback, bool estimate_only, bool asynchronous);
 	static CommandCallbackData *GetDoCommandCallback();
 	static Randomizer random_states[OWNER_END]; ///< Random states for each of the scripts (game script uses OWNER_DEITY)
 };
@@ -338,7 +358,7 @@ namespace ScriptObjectInternal {
 template <Commands Tcmd, typename Tret, typename... Targs>
 bool ScriptObject::ScriptDoCommandHelper<Tcmd, Tret(*)(DoCommandFlag, Targs...)>::Execute(Script_SuspendCallbackProc *callback, std::tuple<Targs...> args)
 {
-	auto [err, estimate_only, networking] = ScriptObject::DoCommandPrep();
+	auto [err, estimate_only, asynchronous, networking] = ScriptObject::DoCommandPrep();
 	if (err) return false;
 
 	if ((::GetCommandFlags<Tcmd>() & CMD_STR_CTRL) == 0) {
@@ -363,10 +383,10 @@ bool ScriptObject::ScriptDoCommandHelper<Tcmd, Tret(*)(DoCommandFlag, Targs...)>
 	Tret res = ::Command<Tcmd>::Unsafe((StringID)0, networking ? ScriptObject::GetDoCommandCallback() : nullptr, false, estimate_only, tile, args);
 
 	if constexpr (std::is_same_v<Tret, CommandCost>) {
-		return ScriptObject::DoCommandProcessResult(res, callback, estimate_only);
+		return ScriptObject::DoCommandProcessResult(res, callback, estimate_only, asynchronous);
 	} else {
 		ScriptObject::SetLastCommandResData(EndianBufferWriter<CommandDataBuffer>::FromValue(ScriptObjectInternal::RemoveFirstTupleElement(res)));
-		return ScriptObject::DoCommandProcessResult(std::get<0>(res), callback, estimate_only);
+		return ScriptObject::DoCommandProcessResult(std::get<0>(res), callback, estimate_only, asynchronous);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/script/script_storage.hpp b/src/script/script_storage.hpp
index 626c62f025..6f856908d5 100644
--- a/src/script/script_storage.hpp
+++ b/src/script/script_storage.hpp
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@
  */
 typedef bool (ScriptModeProc)();
 
+/**
+ * The callback function for Async Mode-classes.
+ */
+typedef bool (ScriptAsyncModeProc)();
+
 /**
  * The storage for each script. It keeps track of important information.
  */
@@ -34,6 +39,8 @@ friend class ScriptObject;
 private:
 	ScriptModeProc *mode;             ///< The current build mode we are int.
 	class ScriptObject *mode_instance; ///< The instance belonging to the current build mode.
+	ScriptAsyncModeProc *async_mode;         ///< The current command async mode we are in.
+	class ScriptObject *async_mode_instance; ///< The instance belonging to the current command async mode.
 	CompanyID root_company;          ///< The root company, the company that the script really belongs to.
 	CompanyID company;               ///< The current company.
 
@@ -61,6 +68,8 @@ public:
 	ScriptStorage() :
 		mode              (nullptr),
 		mode_instance     (nullptr),
+		async_mode        (nullptr),
+		async_mode_instance (nullptr),
 		root_company      (INVALID_OWNER),
 		company           (INVALID_OWNER),
 		delay             (1),