Delayed-Birth Rules

[Sphenocorona]

The idea is like the Bx2 rules, but the conditions for dead->pre-birth and pre-birth->live state changes can be different. Let the format Cxx/Bxx/Sxx or Cxx_Bxx_Sxx represent Conception (for lack of a better, single word that refers to formation before birth - dead->pre-birth), Birth (pre-birth-> live), and Survival (obvious, applies to 'live' only).

Here's the first rule I found interesting enough to try and study, being (somewhat unfortunately) an explosive rule: C27/B2357/S2356. It's got some interesting spaceships though:

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x = 92, y = 30, rule = C27_B2357_S2356
34.2B$35.B$31.A2B$14.2B15.AB.B.A39.B.A$13.2B18.B2.B40.B$16.A17.B2.A$
34.A.B40.A$2.B11.2B.B17.2B.B$2.B.B9.AB.B.B15.AB.B.B14.B14.AB$3B.B10.A
2B.B16.A2B.B12.3B14.AB$2A2.3B12.3B18.3B10.2B.2B14.2B$5.2A13.2A19.2A
12.B2A14.AB3$52.3A$54.A12.2A17.2A$.3A48.3A.2A9.A2.3A3.3A3.3A2.A$.A50.
A3.A10.A4.A5.A5.A2.A$.3A48.3A.2A9.A3.2A.A2.2A4.2A2.A.3A$67.A19.A.A$5A
47.6A9.A3.A5.A2.A2.A3.A.3A$67.2A11.A5.2A$.3A49.4A$3.A49.A13.25A$.3A
49.3A$.A54.A19.3A.3A$.3A49.A2.A21.A3.A$54.2A21.2A2.2A2$77.A3.A!

The oblique ship (which, unstated in the pattern, has a velocity of (7,1)c/34) is the most common ship in this rule, with the other ships occurring far less often, and I have not yet observed the tiny c/2 ship occur out of smoke at all. I made a tame puffer which produces two oblique ships and one oscillator per debris unit out of a ship with a very large 'smoke' trail:

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x = 425, y = 589, rule = C27_B2357_S2356
28$215.2A$215.2BA$213.B4.A$211.A6.2BA$211.A2B2.2B.A$212.3A.A3$217.A$
216.ABA$217.A$198.2BA$199.2BA$197.B2.B$193.2B5.2B$192.A3B4.B$194.2B3.
A2B$192.B.A5.BA$192.2BA$193.2B2.A19.2A$195.A2B18.A2BA$197.2B18.B.A$
197.2A16.A.B$215.A.B$218.BA3.BA$204.2A9.A2.BA.A2BA$217.A4.2B$204.3B3.
B.A4.A2.A.B$201.AB2.B.B3.B2.3B3.B$205.3B2.2B.B4.BA$201.A2B2.BA2.B.B2.
B$202.A9.A4.2B$203.3BA7.4B$204.2A10.4A$217.3BA$212.B2A.B2.2B$214.A2.A
$215.B4.BA$214.2B2.B.BA$214.B2.2A.A$212.A7.2A$212.A2BA2.A2.BA$145.A
27.A39.2A5.B.A$144.ABA25.ABA20.2A21.A.B$145.A27.A20.AB$196.B.A$153.3B
7.3B26.2B2.B.A15.3ABA$150.A3.2B7.2B3.A22.2B.B.B20.B$147.B2.B.B3.B5.B
3.B.B2.B19.3B.BA17.3B.B$140.2A5.2B3.2B11.2B3.2B5.2A8.B4.B2.BA20.B106.
2A29.2A$145.AB.B.2B3.A7.A3.2B.B.BA13.B.B4.3B.A17.2B108.B27.B$140.2A3.
B3.B.4B9.4B.B3.B3.2A6.3B.B5.A.BA17.2B.B2.A99.A2.2B27.2B2.A$145.B.B6.
2B7.2B6.B.B11.2A2.3B4.B20.3B.B.A95.2B2.B.B.A25.A.B.B2.2B$142.A2.B2.A
5.AB7.BA5.A2.B2.A13.2A5.B20.2A.2B95.3B.B7.3B15.3B7.B.3B$142.A2.B.A23.
A.B2.A19.AB.B2.A18.A2B95.2B.B2.B4.AB.B13.B.BA4.B2.B.2B$145.2B25.2B23.
3B.B.A114.3B.B.BA6.B.A11.A.B6.AB.B.3B$140.2A3.AB25.BA3.2A19.2A.2B116.
4B.BA5.A2BA11.A2BA5.AB.4B$137.B2.2BA33.A2B2.B19.A2B118.A.A7.AB13.BA7.
A.A$138.2B2.B33.B2.2B$141.BA33.AB144.B.ABA27.ABA.B$137.A.2A37.2A.A
139.B3.2BA2.BA17.AB2.A2B3.B$137.A.B39.B.A137.4B3.BA.2B19.2B.AB3.4B$
137.A.2B37.2B.A137.AB.A.AB.A2.BA17.AB2.A.BA.A.BA$140.A37.A139.A.2A5.A
25.A5.2A.A$319.BA2.A3.A25.A3.A2.AB$318.A.B.B.AB29.BA.B.B.A$320.4B33.
4B$321.2A35.2A18$312.A55.A$137.A2B39.2BA129.AB55.BA$137.B2.B37.B2.B
130.B55.B$139.2B37.2B131.3B53.3B$133.2B4.BA37.AB4.2B125.2A55.2A$132.A
B.4B41.4B.BA120.A65.A$132.AB3.2B41.2B3.BA119.ABA63.ABA$307.A65.A2$
321.A37.A$318.B.2B.B33.B.2B.B$317.A3B2.B33.B2.3BA$316.2B4.B35.B4.2B$
316.2B2.B.BA33.AB.B2.2B$316.A4B39.4BA$320.B39.B$318.2A41.2A8$141.A35.
A$134.AB.A3.B35.B3.A.BA$134.B.B.A2.2B33.2B2.A.B.B$135.B4.3B33.3B4.B$
128.2A4.A.A.B.B37.B.B.A.A4.2A$127.AB6.3A.B39.B.3A6.BA$126.2B2.4B2.2A.
A39.A.2A2.4B2.2B$126.2B.2B2.B.A.A6.A29.A6.A.A.B2.2B.2B129.2A33.2A$
127.B3.B.B.A8.BA27.AB8.A.B.B3.B130.2B33.2B$126.AB2.B.BA9.A.B27.B.A9.A
B.B2.BA127.AB37.BA$127.B.B3.ABA47.ABA3.B.B128.B2.A33.A2.B$127.3B3.B.B
47.B.B3.3B128.4B2A29.2A4B$135.A47.A137.3B.BA27.AB.3B$128.AB3.A51.A3.B
A132.2BA29.A2B$128.AB.B.A51.A.B.BA$129.A3B53.3BA120.A.A55.A.A$130.A.A
53.A.A120.A3BA2.2A45.2A2.A3BA$309.AB2.2B.2B45.2B.2B2.BA$313.2B51.2B$
313.A53.A$315.A49.A3$313.2A51.2A$312.A2BA49.A2BA$312.AB53.BA$313.A53.
A7$121.A.B71.B.A$119.2B2.2B69.2B2.2B$119.B.B.B71.B.B.B$119.AB.B2.B67.
B2.B.BA$116.2B3A.3A.2B63.2B.3A.3A2B$116.B.BA5.2B5.A2B49.2BA5.2B5.AB.B
$115.A.B8.B4.A.2B49.2B.A4.B8.B.A$116.A.B6.B2.2BA2B.B49.B.2BA2B2.B6.B.
A$115.3A.B7.2B3.3B49.3B3.2B7.B.3A95.2A79.2A$118.A2B5.A.A2B57.2BA.A5.
2BA97.A83.A$116.A3.B9.B2.B.A47.A.B2.B9.B3.A94.A.3BA2.A.A5.2B51.2B5.A.
A2.A3B.A$117.3B8.AB3.B.A47.A.B3.BA8.3B95.A.2B.B2.A.A.2B2.3B49.3B2.2B.
A.A2.B.2B.A$120.2A6.A2B57.2BA6.2A100.B.2B8.2B2.BA47.AB2.2B8.2B.B$118.
B2.B9.2BA51.A2B9.B2.B98.A2B8.A2BA.BA47.AB.A2BA8.2BA$114.BA2.B.B.A7.B
57.B7.A.B.B2.AB$113.A2B.B.A9.3B55.3B9.A.B.2BA$113.AB.2A11.2B57.2B11.
2A.BA101.BA63.AB$115.A87.A102.2B65.2B$299.B8.B63.B8.B$299.B6.AB4.A55.
A4.BA6.B$298.B.B6.B2.3BA53.A3B2.B6.B.B$299.B2.ABA.B.BA2.BA53.AB2.AB.B
.ABA2.B$299.AB.B.B.2B65.2B.B.B.BA$300.4B3.B65.B3.4B$301.2B.B71.B.2B$
303.B73.B10$136.2BA41.A2B$137.2BA39.A2B$134.B3.B.A2B33.2BA.B3.B$133.
2B.B2.B2.BA7.2A13.2A7.AB2.B2.B.2B$133.B2.2B2AB.BA2.2B3.2B13.2B3.2B2.A
B.B2A2B2.B$133.AB7.A7.A2.BA9.AB2.A7.A7.BA$134.AB.B.2B4.A8.B9.B8.A4.2B
.B.BA$136.B2.B8.B3.3B9.3B3.B8.B2.B$134.2B.B6.A.2B.3B15.3B.2B.A6.B.2B$
135.B.2B4.B.B4.B2.2B9.2B2.B4.B.B4.2B.B130.A.A47.A.A$134.A4.A3.B.AB25.
BA.B3.A4.A129.A2.A.A41.A.A2.A$138.2B.A4.2B23.2B4.A.2B135.A2.BA39.AB2.
A$136.A.2B11.2B13.2B11.2B.A136.2B10.2B2.A9.A2.2B10.2B$134.B3.2B13.A
11.A13.2B3.B131.2B16.B11.B16.2B$134.2B.BA41.AB.2B130.A3.2B.A7.3B2.A9.
A2.3B7.A.2B3.A$134.A3B15.A11.A15.3BA130.A2B3.BA7.B2.A13.A2.B7.AB3.2BA
$134.B.BA.A8.B.B.BA11.AB.B.B8.A.AB.B130.AB3.2A8.B.A.B11.B.A.B8.2A3.BA
$133.B5.B.A6.B2.BA13.AB2.B6.A.B5.B133.AB9.A3.B.A7.A.B3.A9.BA$133.B2.
4A7.B.B19.B.B7.4A2.B133.2B6.2A.A2BAB.A7.A.BA2BA.2A6.2B$141.A8.2B15.2B
8.A141.B7.2B5.B11.B5.2B7.B$134.3A3.A.BA5.B19.B5.AB.A3.3A130.A11.2B.B.
2BA11.A2B.B.2B11.A$141.B.B31.B.B137.2B11.A.2B17.2B.A11.2B$134.2B4.B.B
AB29.BAB.B4.2B128.AB4.A41.A4.BA$143.A2B.A23.A.2BA137.2B.A.2BA39.A2B.A
.2B$144.5B21.5B138.B2.A47.A2.B$144.A3.BA19.AB3.A140.A2.2BA39.A2B2.A$
147.2BA19.A2B146.2B41.2B$146.2BA21.A2B$323.2A31.2A$323.2BA29.A2B$322.
2B33.2B$322.BAB31.BAB$327.2A23.2A$315.B13.B21.B13.B$316.B.A6.A2B.B21.
B.2BA6.A.B$315.AB8.B3.A21.A3.B8.BA$150.2A15.2A157.2B25.2B$148.4B2.A9.
A2.4B119.2B33.2B27.2B33.2B$146.A2.B.B.B.B.A3.A.B.B.B.B2.A116.4B95.4B$
145.AB2.2BA2B.2B5.2B.2BA2B2.BA117.BA.A.A87.A.A.AB$145.AB2.2B3.A9.A3.
2B2.BA114.2B.A2.A.A87.A.A2.A.2B$146.2A2.AB5.A3.A5.BA2.2A115.B.A42.B.
4A3.4A.B42.A.B$152.BA.2A.A.A.2A.AB119.3B42.AB.2B.2BA.A2B.2B.BA42.3B$
155.A3.B3.A120.B.B44.2B3.B.B3.B.B3.2B44.B.B$155.AB5.BA119.2B2.A43.B6.
B3.B6.B43.A2.2B$157.B3.B121.3BA44.A2B2.2B.3B.2B2.2BA44.A3B$156.2B.A.
2B121.BA45.B3.B.B5.B.B3.B45.AB$126.A2.2A9.A37.A9.2A2.A139.B2.B.A.B.B.
A.B2.B$126.A65.A92.2A45.4B2.B.B.B2.4B45.2A$128.A10.2BA35.A2B10.A139.A
.2AB2.2B3.2B2.B2A.A$129.A9.3A35.3A9.A95.2A25.2B14.AB.B3.AB.B3.B.BA3.B
.BA14.2B25.2A$132.B5.A41.A5.B125.3B13.3B2.A2.2A5.2A2.A2.3B13.3B$128.A
3BA.2B3.BA37.AB3.2B.A3BA117.3B18.2B.B15.B.2B18.3B$130.B2.2BA2.2A11.BA
13.AB11.2A2.A2B2.B118.B.2BA2.2B14.AB17.BA14.2B2.A2B.B$130.A2.B16.2B
15.2B16.B2.A120.B.2A.2B16.B15.B16.2B.2A.B$132.BA15.A.BA13.AB.A15.AB
121.B.A.AB.A49.A.BA.A.B$131.2A18.A15.A18.2A117.3A.A.A57.A.A.3A$306.B
2A3.B.B4.2A39.2A4.B.B3.2AB$305.A.B.2B2.B6.BA37.AB6.B2.2B.B.A$306.A2B
2.2BA2.3B.BA37.AB.3B2.A2B2.2BA$150.2A15.2A138.2A2.AB2.AB2.BA39.AB2.BA
2.BA2.2A$149.A2B15.2BA$147.A3.2B13.2B3.A159.2A15.2A$147.AB3.A13.A3.BA
158.A2B15.2BA$123.BA23.B.BA15.AB.B23.AB134.2B17.2B$121.A.2B17.2A4.A3B
15.3BA4.2A17.2B.A132.B.A15.A.B$120.2B.2B2.2BA11.B.BA4.2A17.2A4.AB.B
11.A2B2.2B.2B131.3B15.3B$119.AB2.B2.2B.B6.ABA2.2B.A29.A.2B2.ABA6.B.2B
2.B2.BA129.A2.B15.B2.A$120.B6.B2.2B5.2BA2.B33.B2.A2B5.2B2.B6.B130.4B
15.4B$120.BA6.A.2B2.B.B.BA39.AB.B.B2.2B.A6.AB110.A2B14.A2B23.2BA14.2B
A$117.A3B3.A.B5.A6.A39.A6.A5.B.A3.3BA108.B14.A3B4.2B11.2B4.3BA14.B$
116.AB4.B.2A4.2B4.A.2B39.2B.A4.2B4.2A.B4.BA121.2A3B2.A2.2B9.2B2.A2.3B
2A$116.A.B.A3.2A2.A.2B2.3A2.B39.B2.3A2.2B.A2.2A3.A.B.A106.AB.A.2B4.AB
3.A4.A.A2BA9.A2BA.A4.A3.BA4.2B.A.BA$117.B3.B4.2B5.3B.AB8.2A21.2A8.BA.
3B5.2B4.B3.B107.3BA3B4.A4B2.2B.2B17.2B.2B2.4BA4.3BA3B$118.2B2.B.4B5.
2B3.B7.A2B21.2BA7.B3.2B5.4B.B2.2B104.A.2A.B.BAB12.2B.B19.B.2B12.BAB.B
.2A.A$119.A.B3.BA5.A3.B.2B5.A.B23.B.A5.2B.B3.A5.AB3.B.A106.A.AB12.2A
5.B21.B5.2A12.BA.A$121.A.A8.AB4.BA4.AB27.BA4.AB4.BA8.A.A106.A5.2B57.
2B5.A$132.A.BA2B6.B2.B.A.BA.A.A5.A.A.AB.A.B2.B6.2BAB.A116.2B2.A2.2B
57.2B2.A2.2B$134.B.2B6.2B2.A3B3.B7.B3.3BA2.2B6.2B.B117.A2B.3A.A3.AB
49.BA3.A.3A.2BA$134.A2B16.2A.A5.A.2A16.2BA115.A2.A10.2BA47.A2B10.A2.A
$148.A2BA15.A2BA129.AB3.2A8.B49.B8.2A3.BA$149.3A15.3A131.A4.B2.A6.2B
45.2B6.A2.B4.A$126.3A61.3A112.4B.3A2.A.A45.A.A2.3A.4B$126.A3B59.3BA
112.2B2.A.B.B53.B.B.A2.2B$125.A3.B59.B3.A116.A3BA15.2A17.2A15.A3BA$
127.2BA59.A2B121.BA14.A2BA15.A2BA14.AB$126.ABA61.ABA118.AB15.AB2.B15.
B2.BA15.BA$312.B17.3B15.3B17.B$314.A13.B2.B17.B2.B13.A$307.A4.B.A13.
2B21.2B13.A.B4.A$306.AB.A.B17.A21.A17.B.A.BA$306.AB.B.B57.B.B.BA$307.
AB.2B57.2B.BA$148.A21.A138.B61.B$148.BA19.AB$148.2B19.2B$147.B.A2.B
13.B2.A.B$147.A4.BA11.AB4.A$148.AB.2BA11.A2B.BA$148.A21.A$150.BA15.AB
2$141.A2B3.2A3.BA11.AB3.2A3.2BA$140.A3B3.3B2.BA11.AB2.3B3.3BA$140.AB
2.3B3.3B13.3B3.3B2.BA150.B21.B$140.B3.B3.B2.A15.A2.B3.B3.B149.A3BA15.
A3BA$144.2B.A2B19.2BA.2B150.A.3ABA17.AB3A.A$144.BA2.2A19.2A2.AB151.2B
25.2B$141.A2BA29.A2BA140.3B2.A33.A2.3B$140.AB.BA29.AB.BA139.B.3B3.4B
21.4B3.3B.B$140.B.A4.AB21.BA4.A.B139.2B.B4.B2A23.2AB4.B.2B$133.B15.BA
17.AB15.B135.B.A33.A.B$131.2B.BA10.2B.B19.B.2B10.AB.2B133.2B2.A29.A2.
2B$131.2B2.B12.B2.B15.B2.B12.B2.2B134.A35.A$131.AB3.B8.3B2.2B.A11.A.
2B2.3B8.B3.BA$133.3B9.2B2A2B2.A11.A2.2B2A2B9.3B143.2B19.2B$133.A2B47.
2BA128.A.A11.3B19.3B11.A.A$150.2A15.2A146.B11.B.B21.B.B11.B$315.B12.
2B21.2B12.B$314.A2B9.A3.B19.B3.A9.2BA$315.2B9.A3.BA17.AB3.A9.2B$326.
2B3.2B15.2B3.2B$327.2B.A.B15.B.A.2B$326.AB25.BA5$146.2B23.2B$146.3B2.
2B.A9.A.2B2.3B$147.B4.2B11.2B4.B$131.A14.A.B.2B15.2B.B.A14.A140.2A21.
2A$130.2B.A9.B2.AB3.B.BA9.AB.B3.BA2.B9.A.2B139.2BA19.A2B$126.2A.2B4.
2A8.A.4B.B.B9.B.B.4B.A8.2A4.2B.2A136.B21.B$126.3B.B.5BA6.A.2A2.B.2BA
9.A2B.B2.2A.A6.A5B.B.3B135.A.A2.A13.A2.A.A$124.AB5.4B2.B13.3A11.3A13.
B2.4B5.BA133.3A19.3A$123.B4.A2.BAB2.2B43.2B2.BAB2.A4.B$125.BA5.2AB.B
45.B.B2A5.AB133.B3.A17.A3.B$122.A5.A.4B3.A43.A3.4B.A5.A129.A2B.3B15.
3B.2BA$124.2B3.2B2.4B.B.A37.A.B.4B2.2B3.2B131.AB3.2B15.2B3.BA$129.2BA
.2A.A.B.BA35.AB.B.A.2A.A2B137.5B17.5B$127.3A7.A2.2B35.2B2.A7.3A$125.A
2.2B6.2B2.2B35.2B2.2B6.2B2.A$125.2B2.2B7.2BA37.A2B7.2B2.2B119.2A51.2A
$125.3B2AB4.5B39.5B4.B2A3B118.3B51.3B$126.2B7.2BA6.A.2A.A9.A9.A.2A.A
6.A2B7.2B112.A2B4.2B53.2B4.2BA$144.2B2A.A4.AB2.B.B2.BA4.A.2A2B130.A2B
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11.2A18.BA138.2B.3B2.B.2B7.2B.B2.3B.2B$132.4AB45.B4A138.A3B2.B2.B.B7.
B.B2.B2.3BA$129.A2.BA51.AB2.A136.2A2.B4.BA7.AB4.B2.2A$131.3B51.3B142.
B.B2.A9.A2.B.B$127.A2.BAB53.BAB2.A139.B.BA11.AB.B$127.A.B2.B53.B2.B.A
140.2A13.2A$129.2BA.B51.B.A2B$130.2A.2B49.2B.2A$122.B9.BA51.AB9.B$
120.AB9.2B53.2B9.BA113.B55.B$122.B73.B116.2B51.2B$120.A2BA4.2B59.2B4.
A2BA111.B2.B.A49.A.B2.B$121.2A3.A.B.A57.A.B.A3.2A112.2B57.2B$126.AB
63.BA117.A.2A.B.A45.A.B.2A.A$127.2AB59.B2A124.BA45.AB$315.2A47.2A$
307.AB.B59.B.BA$306.A3B.A57.A.3BA$306.B.A4.B53.B4.A.B$306.3B.A.2B53.
2B.A.3B$307.B3.B57.B3.B$310.2BA55.A2B$310.BA57.AB3$147.A2B19.2BA$147.
B.BA17.AB.B$145.A.B.BA17.AB.B.A$146.B2.2A17.2A2.B$144.AB.B2.A17.A2.B.
BA$144.2B3.B19.B3.2B$144.3B.B.BA15.AB.B.3B$146.B.B.BA15.AB.B.B$147.3B
A17.A3B2$128.AB59.BA$128.3BA55.A3B$128.A.B57.B.A121.A4.2A43.2A4.A$
129.2B.A53.A.2B121.AB15.A2B2.2A11.2A2.2BA15.BA$131.BA53.AB124.B.3A7.A
3.A2BA2.BA9.AB2.A2BA3.A7.3A.B$130.2A55.2A122.2B.2B5.A.B.A2.B3.B.BA9.A
B.B3.B2.A.B.A5.2B.2B$311.A3B11.5B3.A11.A3.5B11.3BA$314.BA8.B.2B2.3BA
13.A3B2.2B.B8.AB$313.2A8.AB2.A.B.2BA13.A2B.B.A2.BA8.2A$324.B3.B3.A15.
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7.2BA166.A2B2.BA3.AB2.2BA$334.B3.BABAB3.B$143.A2B27.2BA157.AB2.B.B.B.
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21.AB159.A2BA11.A2BA$145.3BA21.A3B157.B.B13.B.B$146.2A23.2A160.3B9.3B
$328.A3.BA.BA7.AB.AB3.A$152.2A11.2A161.AB.2B.A.A7.A.A.2B.BA$329.4B15.
4B$152.BA11.AB163.2B17.2B$145.B9.2B5.2B9.B$154.AB7.BA$142.A2.BA6.2B.A
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141.AB2.B27.B2.BA150.2B.2B15.2B.2B$142.2B.2B25.2B.2B151.2B.A17.A.2B$
143.A.2B25.2B.A$148.2A3.B2A7.2AB3.2A$147.A2BA2.2BA7.A2B2.A2BA$147.AB.
BA2.2B7.2B2.AB.BA161.2B.A7.A.2B$148.A2BA15.A2BA156.2B5.3BA5.A3B5.2B$
149.2A17.2A157.A2B4.B2.2B3.2B2.B4.2BA$328.A2.AB3.B.A3.A.B3.BA2.A$329.
4B15.4B$329.B2.B15.B2.B$330.2BA15.A2B8$151.B15.B$151.2B13.2B$152.AB.A
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2A$334.3BA5.A3B$333.AB.B7.B.BA$334.B2.B5.B2.B$333.AB.BA5.AB.BA2$334.B
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328.A2BA17.A2BA$328.A.BA17.AB.A7$157.5A$155.B.B.B.B.B$154.3B.ABA.3B$
154.2B7.2B$154.2A7.2A$140.2A35.2A$142.B2A10.2A5.2A10.2AB$140.2A.2BA.A
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2.B3.BA4.B$141.A.2B7.A.B9.B.A7.2B.A$139.2A2.B9.2B.A5.A.2B9.B2.2A$141.
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3B6.A2.2B2.B.2B$322.B.B.B.A8.2B3.2B8.A.B.B.B$319.2A5.A10.2B3.2B10.A5.
2A$317.A3.B2.2B9.ABA5.ABA9.2B2.B3.A$317.A2.A.B.BA10.A3.B3.A10.AB.B.A
2.A$323.2B11.A.A3BA.A11.2B$315.2A4.B.B14.2A.2A14.B.B4.2A$152.2B.B7.B.
2B155.3B31.3B$152.B2.B7.B2.B148.2A6.A33.A6.2A$151.A.B2.B5.B2.B.A$153.
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2B.BA.AB.2B$155.B2.3A2.B169.2A11.2A$159.A172.3BA9.A3B$159.A171.AB15.B
A$332.B2.2B7.2B2.B$330.B.B2.B.B5.B.B2.B.B$155.2A5.2A166.AB.B2.2B.3A.
2B2.B.BA$331.A.AB4.B.B4.BA.A$154.2A.A3.A.2A169.AB3.B.B3.BA$152.B13.B
169.4BA4B$151.AB2.2A.3B.2A2.BA166.AB2.A3.A2.BA$151.A3B.B.B.B.B.3BA
167.AB7.BA$157.B.A.B$153.A.2B.B.B.2B.A$155.4A.4A3$153.AB4.B4.BA173.A.
A$153.A2B2.3B2.2BA171.2B.B.2B$154.BA2.A.A2.AB173.2B.2B$337.2B3.2B$
155.2B5.2B174.AB.BA$151.B.A2.BA3.AB2.A.B168.2BA.A.A2B$151.B.B.B.A3.A.
B.B.B164.B.A2.BA3.AB2.A.B$149.3B.B.B7.B.B.3B162.B.B.B.A3.A.B.B.B$149.
2A2.2BA7.A2B2.2A160.3B.B.B7.B.B.3B$330.2A2.2BA7.A2B2.2A!

Any findings or rules that are closer to the border between chaos and stability (like B3/S23) are encouraged to be discovered.

EDIT: Forgot to post the rule:

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@RULE C27_B2357_S2356

@TABLE
neighborhood:Moore
n_states:3
symmetries:permute

var a={0,1}
var b={a}
var c={a}
var d={a}
var e={a}
var f={a}
var g={a}
var h={a}
var z={a,2}
var y={z}
var x={z}
var w={z}
var v={z}
var u={z}
var t={z}
var s={z}
var r={z}

#Survival
#C,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,2
#2,2,a,b,c,d,e,f,g,2
2,2,2,b,c,d,e,f,g,2
2,2,2,2,c,d,e,f,g,2
#2,2,2,2,2,d,e,f,g,2
2,2,2,2,2,2,e,f,g,2
2,2,2,2,2,2,2,f,g,2
#2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,g,2
#2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2

#Conception
#C,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,1
0,2,2,a,b,c,d,e,f,1
#0,2,2,2,b,c,d,e,f,1
#0,2,2,2,2,c,d,e,f,1
#0,2,2,2,2,2,d,e,f,1
#0,2,2,2,2,2,2,e,f,1
0,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,f,1
#0,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1

#Birth
#C,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,2
1,2,2,a,b,c,d,e,f,2
1,2,2,2,b,c,d,e,f,2
#1,2,2,2,2,c,d,e,f,2
1,2,2,2,2,2,d,e,f,2
#1,2,2,2,2,2,2,e,f,2
1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,f,2
#1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2

#Death
z,y,x,w,v,u,t,s,r,0

[wildmyron]

Terminology for the types of cells / rules you mention was introduced in another thread, however I'm not sure if it ever caught on.

[Sphenocorona]

Those cell types described there will progress to their conclusion (live->dead or dead->live) regardless of their neighbors. Here, the end result of the pre-birth(embryo/developing?) cells does rely on the number of 'on' neighboring cells. So developing cells are not the same as nascent cells.

...Which means I suppose Tropylium's description of 'three other transitional states' isn't exactly true - it's only true if you only consider states which do not behave differently when surrounded by different neighborhoods.

[wildmyron]

Apologies, you are correct in explaining the difference. I think I was confused by the similarity to another rule family I explored.

Can you confirm: do the three counts (C/B/S) only count live cells in the neighbourhood? And then the question is which state is which?

Would you post the rule table for the rule above, or if you have one, the script to generate rules in the family?

[Sphenocorona]

Oops, I totally forgot the rule! I'll post it when I get home. Yes, only state 2 fully live cells are counted for the neighbor requirements.
I should probably make a script for generating .rule files for these rules, but note that any script I make will probably be written in Shell script, as I'm not too good with Python.

[Sphenocorona]

Updated the first post with the rule I mentioned.