Merrylife research ( B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8 )

[ZackBuildit777]

Merrylife ( B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8 ) is a rule I’ve been researching since around august 23rd, and so far I’ve only posted about it on the discord server, but now I have so much known tech that it could actually warrant making a whole new thread on the forums for it, so here it is, a whole new thread. The rule is named after the common sparky p50 oscillator in it, which is the basis of most tech in the rule, named the merry:

The important natural spaceships are as follows, in order of general relevance:
Glider, loaf, tship, lwss, alien

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x = 8, y = 37, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
b2o$obo$2bo4$3o$2bo$2bo6$b2o$3o$b2o7$b4o$o3bo$4bo$o2bo4$3b2o$4bo$o2b2o
$ob2ob3o$o2b2o$4bo$3b2o!

The important natural oscillators are as follows, in order of general relevance:
Merry, target, peanut, birdie, capped birdie

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x = 8, y = 49, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
o2bo$o2bob3o$o2bo6$2o$2o3$2b6o11$o$obo$obo$2bo12$bo$3o$3o6$3o$3o$bo12$2b2o3b2o$2b2o3b2o8$b2o5b2o$3o5b3o$b2o5b2o8$2b2o3b2o$2b2o3b2o!

The merry is particularly important due to it being able to produce obo sparks with unusually good clearance, this is what allows for most of the P100 tech in the rule



Tech:
Currently, all known tech was found manually, with the majority being found by me

The original glider gun

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x = 32, y = 18, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
bo4bo3b3o$3o2b3o2b2ob2o$bo4bo3b3o8bo6b4o$21b2o5b4o$15b3o3bo6b4o$15bob
o$14bo3bo$15b3o$16bo2$15b3o$15bobo$15b3o3$15b3o$15bobo$15b3o!

Single sided merry synthesis

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x = 46, y = 15, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
bo$2bo$3o27bo$29bo$29b3o6$45bo$43b2o$35bo8b2o$36bo$34b3o!

Way of both synthesizing loafships at p100 (now inefficient) that could be prevented by a passing tship:

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x = 157, y = 163, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
4o6bo$4o5b2o$4o6bo141bo2bo$144bobo4bo4bo$144bob2o3bob2obo$144bobo4bo4b
o$152bo2bo28$52b3o3bo4bo$50b2ob2o2b3o2b3o$33b4o6bo8b3o3bo4bo28bo4bo5b
o$33b4o5b2o47bobo2bob4ob2o$33b4o6bo3b3o40bo3b2o3b3o3bo13bo2bo$47bobo41b
obo2bob4ob2o6bobo4bo4bo$46bo3bo41bo4bo5bo7bob2o3bob2obo$47b3o55b5obob
o4bo4bo$48bo56b5o9bo2bo$105bo3bo$47b3o56b3o$47bobo55b5o$47b3o55bo3bo$
105b2ob2o$107bo$47b3o56bobo$47bobo56b3o$47b3o56b3o$106bobo$107bo$106b
obo106$76b3o$76b3o$77bo!

Rare natural p12 loafship backrake (currently named the youngchef rake) (not found by me):

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x = 18, y = 17, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
2o$2o9$15bo$13bob2o$12bo4bo2$11b2o2b2o$12bo2bo$13bo!

W.ne+g.nw>W.sw+T.e synthesis reaction, the resulting loafship is one halfdiagonal off from the original line:

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x = 27, y = 3, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
o24bo$2o22b2o$b2o21bobo!

First glider eater known, uses a tadpole reaction and added blocks to repair itself (not found by me):

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x = 16, y = 16, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
9b2o$9b2o3$14b2o$14b2o4$3o$2bo5b2o3b2o$bo6b2o3b2o3$3b2o$3b2o!

Current smallest glider eater, a trans table on table (not found by me):

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x = 7, y = 11, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
bo$2bo$3o4$3bo2bo$3b4o2$b4o$bo2bo!

A p50 gun for the tship using 3 merries:

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x = 29, y = 19, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
b2ob3o$o3b4o$obo5bo$o3b4o$b2ob3o16b2obo$27bo$22b7o$27bo$23b2obo4$15bo
$14b3o$14b3o$15bo3$14b3o!

IMPORTANT:
An ANDNOT reaction using glider and tship:

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x = 36, y = 64, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
15b3o$14bo3bo$14bobobo2$14b2ob2o$14b2ob2o$14b2ob2o$15bobo$16bo6$o3b2o
$o2b4o$o3b2o6$12bo$10bobobo$10bobobo$12bo$10bobobo$11b3o$12bo18$5bo4b
o3b3o$4b3o2b3o2b2ob2o$5bo4bo3b3o8bo6b4o$25b2o5b4o$19b3o3bo6b4o$19bobo
$18bo3bo$19b3o$20bo2$19b3o$19bobo$19b3o3$19b3o$19bobo$19b3o!

An adjustable and potentially programmable tship gun using a glider tape:

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x = 150, y = 171, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
93b2o$85b2o6b2o$85b2o7$90b2o$90b2o5$81bobo$81b2o$82bo8$97b3o$97bo$70b
o27bo$68b2o$69b2o2$82b3o2$81bobobo$81bo3bo$80bo2bo2bo$81b5o$82b3o25b2o
$110bobo$110bo$56bobo$56b2o15bo2bo$57bo11b3obo2bo$73bo2bo9bo3bo$85bob
obob2ob2o$84b2o5bobo2bo$86bob2o$84bo6bobo2bo$84bo2bobob2ob2o$86bo3bo$
122b3o$81bo40bo$45bo77bo$43b2o$44b2o2$80b3o$79bobobo$78bo5bo$79b5o$80b
3o2$135b2o$135bobo$135bo$31bobo$31b2o$32bo94b3o2$45b3o$44b5o78b3o$43b
o2bo2bo$44bo3bo79bo$46bo81bo$44bobobo79bo$43bo5bo97b3o$2o42b2ob2o98bo
$2o18bo23bo3bo99bo$18b2o25bobo67bo$9b2o8b2o23bo3bo65bobo$9b2o33bo3bo64b
o2b2o$45bobo60bo4b2ob2o$113bo2b2o8bobo17bobo$114bobo9bob2o16bob2o$b2o
112bo10bobo17bobo$b2o$22bobo17bobo10bo$21b2obo16b2obo9bobo$22bobo17bo
bo8b2o2bo$53b2ob2o4bo60bobo$53b2o2bo64bo3bo$54bobo65bo3bo$55bo67bobo$
22bo99bo3bo$23bo98b2ob2o$21b3o97bo5bo$42bo79bobobo$42bo81bo$42bo79bo3b
o$121bo2bo2bo$41b3o78b5o$123b3o2$41b3o94bo$138b2o$137bobo$35bo$33bobo
$34b2o2$88b3o$87b5o$86bo5bo$87bobobo$88b3o2$125b2o$126b2o$47bo77bo$48b
o40bo$46b3o$80bo3bo$75b2ob2obobo2bo$74bo2bobo6bo$81b2obo$74bo2bobo5b2o
$75b2ob2obobobo$80bo3bo9bo2bo$94bo2bob3o$94bo2bo2$60bo$58bobo$59b2o25b
3o$85b5o$84bo2bo2bo$85bo3bo$85bobobo2$86b3o4$72bo$73bo$71b3o8$88bo$88b
2o$87bobo5$79b2o$79b2o7$84b2o$76b2o6b2o$76b2o!

demonstration of T>g and g>T reactions being used to make an adjustable period oscillator

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x = 101, y = 38, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
4o6bo$4o5b2o53b2o$4o6bo45b2o5b4o$55b3o4b6o$56b2o5b4o$64b2o27$36b2o$28b
2o5b4o$27b3o4b6o17bobo$28b2o5b4o17b2obo30b4o6bo$36b2o19bobo30b4o5b2o$
90b4o6bo!

important active regions:
tadpole, spiral spark

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x = 22, y = 8, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
6b2o12b2o$6b2o12b2o4$bo14bo$b2o13b2o$obo12bobo!
[[ STOP 15 ]]

false tadpole spark, octagon spark

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x = 18, y = 5, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
2b2o12b3o$2b2o11bo2bo$bo13bo2bo$bo13b3o$2o!

There is a LOT more tech than this, though (11 pages in a google doc of it), but anything can be posted as it becomes relevant.

Current goals:
Proof of UC (most likely using the glider-loafship reaction that yields a tship)
110 unit cell
(COMPLETED) Synthesis for the c/4o aka alien

[FWKnightship]

P70:

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x = 40, y = 40, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
8b2o20b2o$8b2o20b2o7$2o12bo10bo12b2o$2o12bo10bo12b2o$14bo10bo$14bo10bo$13b2o
10b2o$12bobo10bobo$8b6o12b6o11$8b6o12b6o$12bobo10bobo$13b2o10b2o$14bo10bo$14b
o10bo$2o12bo10bo12b2o$2o12bo10bo12b2o7$8b2o20b2o$8b2o20b2o!

Natural sawtooth:

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x = 32, y = 32, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
2b3o2bobo4bo2bo4bobo2b3o$b2obobob2o3b6o3b2obobob2o$2o2b3o2bobo3b2o3bob
o2b3o2b2o$o3b3o2b14o2b3o3bo$4o2b2o2b3o2b2o2b3o2b2o2b4o$2b2obo5bo2b4o2b
o5bob2o$b4ob4o3bo4bo3b4ob4o$o3bob3obo2b2o2b2o2bob3obo3bo$bo4b2obob4o2b
4obob2o4bo$4o2bobobo10bobobo2b4o$3b2o2bob3o2bo2bo2b3obo2b2o$2b4o2bob2o
b6ob2obo2b4o$3b2o3bo3b2ob2ob2o3bo3b2o$bobo2b3o2b10o2b3o2bobo$2obobob2o
b2ob6ob2ob2obobob2o$b5o5b10o5b5o$b5o5b10o5b5o$2obobob2ob2ob6ob2ob2obob
ob2o$bobo2b3o2b10o2b3o2bobo$3b2o3bo3b2ob2ob2o3bo3b2o$2b4o2bob2ob6ob2ob
o2b4o$3b2o2bob3o2bo2bo2b3obo2b2o$4o2bobobo10bobobo2b4o$bo4b2obob4o2b4o
bob2o4bo$o3bob3obo2b2o2b2o2bob3obo3bo$b4ob4o3bo4bo3b4ob4o$2b2obo5bo2b
4o2bo5bob2o$4o2b2o2b3o2b2o2b3o2b2o2b4o$o3b3o2b14o2b3o3bo$2o2b3o2bobo3b
2o3bobo2b3o2b2o$b2obobob2o3b6o3b2obobob2o$2b3o2bobo4bo2bo4bobo2b3o!

[Entity Valkyrie 2]

Here is the .rule file for MerryInvestigator.

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@RULE MerryInvestigator
@TABLE
n_states:21
neighborhood:Moore
symmetries:rotate4reflect
var A1 = {1,2,4,6,8,10,12,15,16,17,19}
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var A7 = {1,2,4,6,8,10,12,15,16,17,19}
var A8 = {1,2,4,6,8,10,12,15,16,17,19}
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var b7 = {0,3,5,7,9,11,13,18,20}
var b8 = {0,3,5,7,9,11,13,18,20}
var c1 = {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20}
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var d1 = {2,3,6,7,14,16}
var d2 = {8,9,12,13,14}
var E1 = {1,2,4,6,8,10,12,17,19}
var E2 = {1,2,4,6,8,10,12,17,19}
var E3 = {1,2,4,6,8,10,12,17,19}
var E4 = {1,2,4,6,8,10,12,17,19}
var E5 = {1,2,4,6,8,10,12,17,19}
var E6 = {1,2,4,6,8,10,12,17,19}
var E7 = {1,2,4,6,8,10,12,17,19}
var E8 = {1,2,4,6,8,10,12,17,19}
var F1 = {1,2,4,6,8,10,12,15,16,18,20}
var F2 = {1,2,4,6,8,10,12,15,16,18,20}
var F3 = {1,2,4,6,8,10,12,15,16,18,20}
var F4 = {1,2,4,6,8,10,12,15,16,18,20}
var F5 = {1,2,4,6,8,10,12,15,16,18,20}
var F6 = {1,2,4,6,8,10,12,15,16,18,20}
var F7 = {1,2,4,6,8,10,12,15,16,18,20}
var F8 = {1,2,4,6,8,10,12,15,16,18,20}
var g1 = {0,3,5,7,9,11,13,17,19}
var g2 = {0,3,5,7,9,11,13,17,19}
var g3 = {0,3,5,7,9,11,13,17,19}
var g4 = {0,3,5,7,9,11,13,17,19}
var g5 = {0,3,5,7,9,11,13,17,19}
var g6 = {0,3,5,7,9,11,13,17,19}
var g7 = {0,3,5,7,9,11,13,17,19}
var g8 = {0,3,5,7,9,11,13,17,19}

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[ZackBuildit777]

found a c/3o spaceship today, it was... exactly the dimensions of the search

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x = 56, y = 23, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
................................................oo.oo...$
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................oo..o..o.o.o.o...o............oo.o.oo...$
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....o.o.....oo..oo.o.o..o.....o.o.oo..........o.o..ooo.o$
...oo...oo..o..o..o....ooo..o.......o.o..........o......$
..oo....oo...o...oo.oo...oooo..o....o.o.......ooo.oo....$
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.o.ooo.oo.o......ooooo..o.ooo.....oo.....o.oo..oo.......$
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.o.o..ooo..o..ooooooooooooooo..oo.o..oo.o.........o..oo.$
.oo..o..o.o..o..............o.ooooooo....o....o...ooo...$
.o.o..ooo..o..ooooooooooooooo..oo.o..oo.o.........o..oo.$
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.o.ooo.oo.o......ooooo..o.ooo.....oo.....o.oo..oo.......$
...o.ooo...o...........o..o....oo.............o.oo......$
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................oo..o..o.o.o.o...o............oo.o.oo...$
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................................................oo.oo...!

[yujh]

another c/3o, narrower

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x = 21, y = 61, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
7b3ob3o$7b3ob3o$4b3o3bo3b3o$3bo13bo$2bo3b2o5b2o3bo$3bo2bo2b3o2bo2bo$4b
o2bobobobo2bo$7bobobobo$4b2obo2bo2bob2o$4b2o9b2o$5b5ob5o$4bo2b2obob2o
2bo$3b2o11b2o$2bo2bo3b3o3bo2bo$4bo4bobo4bo$2b2o4b2ob2o4b2o$b2o3bo2bobo
2bo3b2o$4b2obobobobob2o$4bo2bobobobo2bo$4b2obobobobob2o$3b3obobobobob
3o$2b4obobobobob4o$2bo6bobo6bo$9bobo$9bobo$3b5obobob5o$7bobobobo$b3o5b
obo5b3o$b3obobobobobobob3o$5b3obobob3o$2b2o3bobobobo3b2o$7bobobobo$3bo
3bobobobo3bo$4b2obobobobob2o$5b2o2bobo2b2o$7bob3obo2$7b2obob2o$5bobo5b
obo$3b2obob5obob2o$3bo5bobo5bo$3b2o4bobo4b2o$b2o15b2o$6b2o5b2o$2o3bo2b
o3bo2bo3b2o$4b2o3bobo3b2o$b2obob3o3b3obob2o$b2o6b3o6b2o$b2obo11bob2o$o
b2o13b2obo$8bo3bo$2o7b3o7b2o$9bobo$o7b2ob2o7bo$2bo3b2obobob2o3bo$b2o2b
o3bobo3bo2b2o$o6bobobobo6bo$4obo2b2ob2o2bob4o$bo8bo8bo$bobo13bobo$2bo
15bo!

[silversmith]

Some similar catalysts and their associated hasslers

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x = 47, y = 28, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
29b2o$29bo$7b2o19b2o$6bo2bo17bo15b2o$6bo2bo17bo15bobo$7b2o19b2o14b2o$
3b3o18b3o2bo11b2o$5bo20bo2b2o11bo$5bo8$29b2o$29bo$7b2o19b2o$6bo2bo17bo
16b2o$6bo2bo17bo16bobo$7b2o19b2o15b2o$3b3o18b3o2bo12b2o$5bo20bo2b2o9bo
2bo$b2o2bo16b2o15bo$o2bo17bo2bo14bo2bo$o2bo15b3o2b3o13b2o$b2o16bo6bo!

A block pulling ship, some eaters, and a glider producing catalyst

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x = 63, y = 17, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
bobo$2obo$bobo57b2o$42b2o17b2o$21bo6bo13b2o$3b2o16b3o2b3o28b3o$3b2o18b
o2bo30bob2o$24b2o31bob2o$4bo52bo$2b2obo30bo9b2o$o4b2o29b2o8bo$obob3o
11b3o14bobo7b2o$o4b2o13bo23bo$2b2obo13bo24bo$4bo40b2o$46bo$46b2o!

Edit: Loaf to G

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x = 7, y = 11, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
2bo$2bo$3o3$o2bo2bo$7o2$2b3o$2bo2bo$4b2o!

First glider eater known, uses a tadpole reaction and added blocks to repair itself (not found by me):

Current smallest glider eater, a trans table on table (not found by me):

Since this is an academic forum, try to include references to discoverers; mystical(discord: Yto#8019) and cvojan(discord: cq#9418) respectively.

In all fairness though linking identities between discord and the forums can be difficult. I think there was a page somewhere for matching profiles, but I don't know where to find it.

Edit 2: an oblique signal

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x = 51, y = 23, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
49b2o$48bobo$43b2o3b2o$38b2o3b2o$33b2o3b2o$28b2o3b2o$23b2o3b2o$18b4ob
2o$13b2o3b2obo$2bo5b2o3b2o5bo$bobo4b2o$2obo$2bo5$bo2bo$bo2bo$bo2bo2$6b
2o$6b2o!

[ZackBuildit777]

Edit 2: an oblique signal

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x = 51, y = 23, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
49b2o$48bobo$43b2o3b2o$38b2o3b2o$33b2o3b2o$28b2o3b2o$23b2o3b2o$18b4ob
2o$13b2o3b2obo$2bo5b2o3b2o5bo$bobo4b2o$2obo$2bo5$bo2bo$bo2bo$bo2bo2$6b
2o$6b2o!

the oblique signal is already known and documented on the conwaylife Discord, it was among the tech that was left out of the first post due to not being as relevant since there aren't any known uses for the weak "spark" at the end. that being said though, the reaction with a ship is new, and may give the block signal more potential applications

edit:
a 10g synthesis for the p16 found by FWKnightship on Catagolue. synthesis made by me

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x = 70, y = 44, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
2o26bo33bobo$2o24bobo33b2o$27b2o34bo3$3b3o63bo$b2o64b2o$b2o65b2o2$9bo
$9bo24bo$9bo22bobo$7b2o24b2o$7b2o4b2o$13b2o2$37bo$35bobo2bobo$36b2o2b
2o$41bo8$52bo$50b2o$51b2o3$51b3o$51bo$52bo$57b3o$57bo$58bo4$67b3o$67b
o$68bo!

there may still be some room to optimize it, though, the block constellation it uses is 4g in this but could probably be reduced to 3g with more searching

[iNoMed]

9G "Alien" synthesis, direction validity corrected from Discord research:

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x = 62, y = 38, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
36bo6bobo5bo$37bo5b2o4b2o$35b3o6bo5b2o6$49b2o$49bobo$49bo12$38bo$36bob
o$37b2o5$35bo$35b2o$34bobo3$22bo36b3o$b2o19b2o35bo$obo18bobo36bo$2bo!

Edit: Alternative 8T synthesis:

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x = 57, y = 110, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
15b3o$16bo56$obo$ob2o$obo34bobo$36b2obo$37bobo14$13bo40bobo$12b3o38b2o
bo$26bo27bobo$12b3o10b3o2$25b3o15$18bo$17b3o10$16bo$15b3o2$15b3o!

[ZackBuildit777]

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x = 62, y = 24, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
b2o$b2o15b2o$18b2o$5bo$5b2o52b2o$5bo8b3o25b2o15b2o$15bo26b2o$56bo$55b
2o$45b3o8bo$29bobo14bo$30b2o$30bo$4bo$3b3o8bo$13b2o$14bo$2o55bo$2o15b
2o28bo8b3o$17b2o28b2o$47bo$60b2o$43b2o15b2o$43b2o!

Adjustable period osillator using 180° rotation reaction with glider. Also changes color of glider

edit:

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x = 46, y = 23, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
o2bo$o2bo$o2bo$6b3o$6bo$7bo2$16b2o$15b2o$17bo2$25b2o$25bobo$25bo2$35b
o$34b2o$34bobo3$43b3o$43bo$44bo!

5c/17o pulling reaction using gliders and box sparks

edit 2:
p700 loafship gun using target and merry

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x = 23, y = 7, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
2o$2o3$2b6o7bo2bo$15bo2bob3o$15bo2bo!

can be modified to make two barrels closer together than normally possible:

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x = 23, y = 23, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
2o$2o$15bo2bo$15bo2bob3o$2b6o7bo2bo11$2b3o3$2b3o2$3bo$3bo$3bo!

edit 3:
glider tagalong

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x = 8, y = 8, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
2o$b2o$o2$b3o$2bo2b2o$b2o3b2o$5bo!

edit 4:
seemingly an (11,12) oblique climber reaction using tship and block, also yields additional tship to the side

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x = 11, y = 7, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
2o$2o3$8b2o$8b3o$8b2o!

what if this could be used to make a spaceship?

edit 5:
working on finding reactions for a helix, currently seeming like a usable one will need to be diagonal based instead of orthogonal, this can move a tship back and to the left

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x = 36, y = 11, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
34bo$33b3o$27b2o4b3o$26bobo$20b3o5bo$14b2o6bo$13bobo5bo$7b3o5bo$b2o6b
o$obo5bo$2bo!

edit 6:
decided making a purely spaceship helix will require to much new tech, so instead I'm switching to researching spaceship + block helices. will be researching both glider based and tship based, since both allow use of tadpole reactions to move the block

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x = 24, y = 9, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
22b2o$22b2o$19b2o$18bobo$20bo$3o$2bo8b2o$bo8bobo$12bo!

edit 7:
fishhook salvo using tships

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x = 26, y = 17, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
2b2o$b3o$2b2o15b2o$18b3o$19b2o$24b2o$24b2o8$b2o$3o$b2o!

edit 8:
block pushing reaction for a helix, come to the conclusion that a helix would be easiest to make using tships and tadpole reactions

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x = 21, y = 17, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
b2o$3o$b2o10$19b2o$19b2o$14b2o$13b3o$14b2o!

[AlbertArmStain]

Nobody said a word about this:

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x = 74, y = 24, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
42b3o24b3o$42b2ob2o22b2ob2o$42b3o24b3o5$b2o35b2o$3o34b3o$b2o35b2o13$23b
2o$23b2o!

From Discord

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x = 2309, y = 288, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
839bo$837b3o$835b5o2bo$835b2obo$835b5o2bo$837b3o$839bo45$1037bo$1036bo
b2o$1035b2o2bo$1036bob2o$1037bo29$997bo$996bob2o$764b3o228b2o2bo$764b
2ob2o227bob2o$764b3o230bo2$990b3o164b3o$759bo228b2ob2o162b2ob2o$756b2o
b2o226b3ob2o161b3ob2o$756b2o3bo226b2ob2o162b2ob2o$656b3o97b2ob2o229b3o
164b3o$654b2ob2o100bo$653b3ob2o$654b2ob2o402bo$656b3o402bob2o$887b3o
170bo$887b2ob2o101bo63b3o2bob2o$760bo126b3o101b3o66bo$760bob2o225b5o2b
o64bob2o89b3o$759bo229b2obo68bo92b2ob2o$756b3o2bob2o224b5o2bo157b3o$
759bo231b3o$760bob2o229bo$760bo$1162b2o$1162b3o$1162b2o42$2299bo5bo$
2299bo5bo$2299bo5bo3$2307bo$2288bo17bo$2288bo17b3o$2288bo2$2306b2o$
2306b2o10$5bo$6bo$bo$2o$bo$6bo$5bo48$1139bo$1138bob2o$1137b2o2bo$1138b
ob2o$1139bo$986bo$984b3o145b3o$982b5o2bo140b2ob2o$982b2obo68bo74b3ob2o
$982b5o2bo64bob2o72b2ob2o$225b2o757b3o66bo78b3o$225b3o758bo63b3o2bob2o
$225b2o826bo$1054bob2o$1054bo2$1135bo$983b3o147b3o$981b2ob2o145b5o2bo$
201bo778b3ob2o145b2obo$201bob2o776b2ob2o145b5o2bo$200bo782b3o147b3o$
197b3o2bob2o929bo$200bo789bo$201bob2o784bob2o$195bo5bo786b2o2bo$196bo
792bob2o$191bo798bo$190b2o$191bo$196bo$195bo4$95bo$93b2obo$91bo4b2o$
91bobob3o93b3o$91bo4b2o93b2ob2o$93b2obo94b3o$95bo15$1030bo$1029bob2o$
1028b2o2bo$1029bob2o$1030bo!

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x = 30, y = 14, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
29bo$28b2o$4bo24bo$2b2obo$o4b2o$obob3o$o4b2o$2b2obo$4bo3$3o$2bo$bo!

[ZackBuildit777]

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x = 2309, y = 288, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
839bo$837b3o$835b5o2bo$835b2obo$835b5o2bo$837b3o$839bo45$1037bo$1036bo
b2o$1035b2o2bo$1036bob2o$1037bo29$997bo$996bob2o$764b3o228b2o2bo$764b
2ob2o227bob2o$764b3o230bo2$990b3o164b3o$759bo228b2ob2o162b2ob2o$756b2o
b2o226b3ob2o161b3ob2o$756b2o3bo226b2ob2o162b2ob2o$656b3o97b2ob2o229b3o
164b3o$654b2ob2o100bo$653b3ob2o$654b2ob2o402bo$656b3o402bob2o$887b3o
170bo$887b2ob2o101bo63b3o2bob2o$760bo126b3o101b3o66bo$760bob2o225b5o2b
o64bob2o89b3o$759bo229b2obo68bo92b2ob2o$756b3o2bob2o224b5o2bo157b3o$
759bo231b3o$760bob2o229bo$760bo$1162b2o$1162b3o$1162b2o42$2299bo5bo$
2299bo5bo$2299bo5bo3$2307bo$2288bo17bo$2288bo17b3o$2288bo2$2306b2o$
2306b2o10$5bo$6bo$bo$2o$bo$6bo$5bo48$1139bo$1138bob2o$1137b2o2bo$1138b
ob2o$1139bo$986bo$984b3o145b3o$982b5o2bo140b2ob2o$982b2obo68bo74b3ob2o
$982b5o2bo64bob2o72b2ob2o$225b2o757b3o66bo78b3o$225b3o758bo63b3o2bob2o
$225b2o826bo$1054bob2o$1054bo2$1135bo$983b3o147b3o$981b2ob2o145b5o2bo$
201bo778b3ob2o145b2obo$201bob2o776b2ob2o145b5o2bo$200bo782b3o147b3o$
197b3o2bob2o929bo$200bo789bo$201bob2o784bob2o$195bo5bo786b2o2bo$196bo
792bob2o$191bo798bo$190b2o$191bo$196bo$195bo4$95bo$93b2obo$91bo4b2o$
91bobob3o93b3o$91bo4b2o93b2ob2o$93b2obo94b3o$95bo15$1030bo$1029bob2o$
1028b2o2bo$1029bob2o$1030bo!

this is not actually a meaningless post. it was supposed to be a collection of convoys, because on discord blinkerspawn (the one who found the convoys) has been helping me find the tech needed to make a potential caterloopillar design. if you include the blocks, one of the convoys looks like this, also including another copy of the engine behind it:

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x = 182, y = 60, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
54bo$53bob2o$52b2o2bo$53bob2o$54bo29$14bo$13bob2o$12b2o2bo$13bob2o$14b
o2$7b3o164b3o$5b2ob2o162b2ob2o$4b3ob2o161b3ob2o$5b2ob2o162b2ob2o$7b3o
164b3o3$2o76bo$2o76bob2o$77bo$10bo63b3o2bob2o$8b3o66bo$6b5o2bo64bob2o
89b3o$6b2obo68bo92b2ob2o$6b5o2bo157b3o$8b3o$10bo2$179b2o$179b3o$179b2o!

while we have found a convoy, it has a +87 displacement for the block, and we are trying to reduce that to make repeating easier.

also, if you are going to make a post, please provide some indication of what is actually in the post, especially when you exclude blocks from a convoy design based on blocks, and just expect people to understand that it's a convoy

edit 1:

speaking of which, new engine, modified from the previous to fire a tship going against the flow:

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x = 70, y = 29, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
14b3o$12b2ob2o$11b3ob2o50bobo$12b2ob2o49b2obo$14b3o50bobo$7bo$7bob2o$
6bo$3b3o2bob2o$6bo$7bob2o$7bo2$2o$2o4$5b2o$5b3o$5b2o6$52bobo$51b2obo$
52bobo!

edit 2:

working on a new convoy, which if it can work will directly convert the peanut produced (and normally destroyed) in the engine to a block on the correct lane

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x = 64, y = 27, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
52bobo$51b2obo$52bobo4$5b2o$5b3o$5b2o4$2o$2o$59bo$7bo51bob2o$7bob2o47b
o$6bo48b3o2bob2o$3b3o2bob2o46bo$6bo52bob2o$7bob2o48bo$7bo$16b3o$14b2o
b2o$13b3ob2o$14b2ob2o$16b3o!

edit 3:

another attempt, now the system fires a loafship:

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x = 74, y = 31, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
68bo$68bob2o$67bo$64b3o2bob2o$52bobo12bo$51b2obo13bob2o$52bobo13bo4$5b
2o$5b3o$5b2o4$2o$2o59bo$59b3o$7bo49b5o2bo$7bob2o46b2obo8bo$6bo50b5o2b
o4bob2o$3b3o2bob2o47b3o6bo$6bo54bo3b3o2bob2o$7bob2o57bo$7bo61bob2o$16b
3o50bo$14b2ob2o$13b3ob2o$14b2ob2o$16b3o!

edit 4:

now makes a glider, could be used to do the same reaction in one of the earlier convoys, but closer to the original position of the block?

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x = 63, y = 27, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
52bobo$51b2obo$52bobo4$5b2o$5b3o$5b2o4$2o$2o2$7bo$7bob2o49bo$6bo50b2o
b2o$3b3o2bob2o45b2o3bo$6bo50b2ob2o$7bob2o49bo$7bo$16b3o$14b2ob2o$13b3o
b2o$14b2ob2o$16b3o!

edit 5:

working on glider based salvo operations to make it easier to do caterloopillar tech since everything fires gliders and not tships, heres a perfect elbow firing operation:

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x = 23, y = 20, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
21b2o$21b2o6$14bo$14b2o$13bobo$bo$b2o$obo5$10bo$10b2o$9bobo!

edit 6:

another fire operation, makes a tship and pulls the block 9 cells:

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x = 32, y = 35, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
30b2o$30b2o6$23bo$23b2o$22bobo19$8bo$8b2o$7bobo2$bo$b2o$obo!

edit 7:

glider kickback reaction, first ever found:

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x = 7, y = 9, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
6bo$4b2o$5b2o4$3o$2bo$bo!

edit 8:

found a reaction that, if done twice, makes a +6 push operation:

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x = 30, y = 30, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
28b2o$28b2o6$21bo$21b2o$20bobo15$bo$b2o$obo$11bo$11b2o$10bobo!

edit 9:

new active region, seems to appear a lot from tadpole+glider reactions, so it might be useful:

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x = 8, y = 5, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
3o$7bo$7bo$3o4bo$7bo!

[ZackBuildit777]

sorry for the double post, but it's been 4 days, and yesterday we finished a 12 glider construction operation which fires a loafship forward and with enough clearance to hit it with a glider. by rewinding the highlighted glider in this demonstration, you can control the distance in which a tship is fired. coupled with another reaction of a glider and loafship that makes a 2 block + blinker constellation or block+blinker+glider constellation, it should hopefully be enough to make two arm universal construction with no more than 6 operations (trigger arm 1, trigger arm 2, fire arm 1, fire arm 2, and potentially up to two other fire operations for arm 2)

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x = 116, y = 94, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8History
114.D$114.2D$114.D8$94.2A$94.2A6$87.A$87.2A$86.A.A14$76.A$64.A11.2A$64.
2A9.A.A$63.A.A2$77.C$77.2C$76.C.C3$58.A$58.2A$57.A.A7$47.A$47.2A$46.A
.A6$42.A$42.2A$41.A.A6$35.A$35.2A$34.A.A7$28.A$28.2A$16.A10.A.A$16.2A
$15.A.A3$10.A$10.2A$9.A.A5$.A$.2A$A.A!

this was made completely manually, and I am extremely proud of it, but what's now important is construction of some mechanism to fire it using no more than a 2 glider input that would still allow for the highlighted glider to be fired. it's an almost complete slow reaction, and period agnostic, so that does make it easier.

edit 1:

new composite operation made:

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x = 399, y = 305, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8History
286.D$286.2D$286.D8$266.2A$266.2A4$377.2A$377.2A$259.A$259.2A$258.A.A
3$370.A$370.2A$369.A.A9$248.A$236.A11.2A$236.2A9.A.A$235.A.A2$359.A$248.
C98.A11.2A$248.2C97.2A9.A.A$247.C.C96.A.A2$230.A$230.2A126.C$229.A.A126.
2C$357.C.C2$341.A$341.2A$340.A.A2$219.A$219.2A$218.A.A3$330.A$330.2A$
329.A.A$214.A$214.2A$213.A.A3$325.A$325.2A$324.A.A$207.A$207.2A$206.A
.A3$318.A$318.2A$317.A.A2$200.A$200.2A$188.A10.A.A$188.2A$187.A.A$311.
A$311.2A$182.A116.A10.A.A$182.2A115.2A$181.A.A114.A.A3$293.A$293.2A$173.
A118.A.A$173.2A$172.A.A3$284.A$284.2A$283.A.A5$173.A$173.2A$172.A.A14$
162.A$150.A11.2A$150.2A9.A.A$149.A.A3$162.2C$163.2C$162.C2$144.A$144.
2A$143.A.A7$133.A$133.2A$132.A.A6$128.A$128.2A$127.A.A6$121.A$121.2A$
120.A.A7$114.A$114.2A$102.A10.A.A$102.2A$101.A.A3$96.A$96.2A$95.A.A5$
87.A$87.2A$86.A.A10$87.A$87.2A$86.A.A14$76.A$64.A11.2A$64.2A9.A.A$63.
A.A3$76.2C$77.2C$76.C2$58.A$58.2A$57.A.A7$47.A$47.2A$46.A.A6$42.A$42.
2A$41.A.A6$35.A$35.2A$34.A.A7$28.A$28.2A$16.A10.A.A$16.2A$15.A.A3$10.
A$10.2A$9.A.A5$.A$.2A$A.A33$104.C$104.2C$103.C.C!
[[ STEP 2 ]]

can fire two tships 90 degrees from eachother at arbitrary distance, looks like the "inward" moving one has the right timing to allow for maybe a kickback reaction or synthesis of a glider with a tship from arm 1, allowing new reactions to be accessible

edit 2:

much larger composite, first one found to elbow fire a glider cleanly

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x = 417, y = 384, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8History
413.2D$413.2D3$293.D$293.2D120.2D$293.D113.3D5.2D8$273.2C$273.2C4$384.
2C$384.2C$266.A$266.2A$265.A.A3$377.A$377.2A$376.A.A9$255.A$243.A11.2A
$243.2A9.A.A$242.A.A2$366.A$255.C98.A11.2A$255.2C97.2A9.A.A$254.C.C96.
A.A2$237.A$237.2A126.C$236.A.A126.2C$364.C.C2$348.A$348.2A$347.A.A2$226.
A$226.2A$225.A.A3$337.A$337.2A$336.A.A$221.A$221.2A$220.A.A3$332.A$332.
2A$331.A.A$214.A$214.2A$213.A.A3$325.A$325.2A$324.A.A2$207.A$207.2A$195.
A10.A.A$195.2A$194.A.A$318.A$318.2A$189.A116.A10.A.A$189.2A115.2A$188.
A.A114.A.A3$300.A$300.2A$180.A118.A.A$180.2A$179.A.A3$291.A$291.2A$290.
A.A5$180.A$180.2A$179.A.A14$169.A$157.A11.2A$157.2A9.A.A$156.A.A3$169.
2C$170.2C$169.C2$151.A$151.2A$150.A.A7$140.A$140.2A$139.A.A6$135.A$135.
2A$134.A.A6$128.A$128.2A$127.A.A7$121.A$121.2A$109.A10.A.A$109.2A$108.
A.A3$103.A$103.2A$102.A.A5$94.A$94.2A$93.A.A15$89.A$89.2A$88.A.A14$78.
A$66.A11.2A$66.2A9.A.A$65.A.A3$78.2C$79.2C$78.C2$60.A$60.2A$59.A.A7$49.
A$49.2A$48.A.A6$44.A$44.2A$43.A.A6$37.A$37.2A$36.A.A7$30.A$30.2A$18.A
10.A.A$18.2A$17.A.A3$12.A$12.2A$11.A.A5$3.A$3.2A$2.A.A28$111.C$111.2C
$110.C.C3$96.A$96.2A$95.A.A14$85.A$73.A11.2A$73.2A9.A.A$72.A.A7$67.A$
67.2A$66.A.A7$56.A$56.2A$55.A.A6$51.A$51.2A$50.A.A6$44.A$44.2A$43.A.A
7$37.A$37.2A$25.A10.A.A$25.2A$24.A.A3$19.A$19.2A$18.A.A5$10.A$10.2A$9.
A.A!
[[ STEP 4 ]]

going to continue working on finding useful operations, but this much already should be enough for slow salvo

edit 3:

now we have a tship south firing composite, removal of the bottom white glider makes it instead yield 2T going in the same direction:

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x = 415, y = 384, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8History
411.2D$411.2D3$291.D$291.2D120.2D$291.D113.3D5.2D8$271.2C$271.2C4$382.
2C$382.2C$264.A$264.2A$263.A.A3$375.A$375.2A$374.A.A9$253.A$241.A11.2A
$241.2A9.A.A$240.A.A2$364.A$253.C98.A11.2A$253.2C97.2A9.A.A$252.C.C96.
A.A2$235.A$235.2A126.C$234.A.A126.2C$362.C.C2$346.A$346.2A$345.A.A2$224.
A$224.2A$223.A.A3$335.A$335.2A$334.A.A$219.A$219.2A$218.A.A3$330.A$330.
2A$329.A.A$212.A$212.2A$211.A.A3$323.A$323.2A$322.A.A2$205.A$205.2A$193.
A10.A.A$193.2A$192.A.A$316.A$316.2A$187.A116.A10.A.A$187.2A115.2A$186.
A.A114.A.A3$298.A$298.2A$178.A118.A.A$178.2A$177.A.A3$289.A$289.2A$288.
A.A5$178.A$178.2A$177.A.A14$167.A$155.A11.2A$155.2A9.A.A$154.A.A3$167.
2C$168.2C$167.C2$149.A$149.2A$148.A.A7$138.A$138.2A$137.A.A6$133.A$133.
2A$132.A.A6$126.A$126.2A$125.A.A7$119.A$119.2A$107.A10.A.A$107.2A$106.
A.A3$101.A$101.2A$100.A.A5$92.A$92.2A$91.A.A15$87.A$87.2A$86.A.A14$76.
A$64.A11.2A$64.2A9.A.A$63.A.A3$76.C$76.2C$75.C.C2$58.A$58.2A$57.A.A7$
47.A$47.2A$46.A.A6$42.A$42.2A$41.A.A6$35.A$35.2A$34.A.A7$28.A$28.2A$16.
A10.A.A$16.2A$15.A.A3$10.A$10.2A$9.A.A5$.A$.2A$A.A44$93.C$93.2C$92.C.
C!
[[ STEP 4 ]]

edit 4:

now a NW loafship fire composite:

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x = 502, y = 363, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8History
498.2D$498.2D3$378.D$378.2D120.2D$378.D113.3D5.2D8$358.2C$358.2C4$469.
2C$469.2C$351.A$351.2A$350.A.A3$462.A$462.2A$461.A.A9$340.A$328.A11.2A
$328.2A9.A.A$327.A.A2$451.A$340.C98.A11.2A$340.2C97.2A9.A.A$339.C.C96.
A.A2$322.A$322.2A126.C$321.A.A126.2C$449.C.C2$433.A$433.2A$432.A.A2$311.
A$311.2A$310.A.A3$422.A$422.2A$421.A.A$306.A$306.2A$305.A.A3$417.A$417.
2A$416.A.A$299.A$299.2A$298.A.A3$410.A$410.2A$409.A.A2$292.A$292.2A$280.
A10.A.A$280.2A$279.A.A$403.A$403.2A$274.A116.A10.A.A$274.2A115.2A$273.
A.A114.A.A3$385.A$385.2A$265.A118.A.A$265.2A$264.A.A3$376.A$376.2A$375.
A.A5$265.A$265.2A$264.A.A14$254.A$242.A11.2A$242.2A9.A.A$241.A.A2$255.
C$255.2C$254.C.C3$236.A$236.2A$235.A.A$362.C$362.2C$361.C.C4$225.A$225.
2A$224.A.A6$220.A$220.2A$219.A.A6$213.A$213.2A$212.A.A7$206.A$206.2A$
194.A10.A.A$194.2A$193.A.A3$188.A$188.2A$187.A.A5$179.A$179.2A$178.A.
A13$176.A$176.2A$175.A.A14$165.A$153.A11.2A$153.2A9.A.A$152.A.A3$165.
2C$166.2C$165.C2$147.A$147.2A$146.A.A7$136.A$136.2A$135.A.A6$131.A$131.
2A$130.A.A6$124.A$124.2A$123.A.A7$117.A$117.2A$105.A10.A.A$105.2A$104.
A.A3$99.A$99.2A$98.A.A5$90.A$90.2A$89.A.A!
[[ STEP 4 ]]

edit 5:

from now on, the number of total operations used in each composite is gonna be included in the edits. 5 operations, 2 of which are loafship firing ones, and the composite fires a tship west. also has correct phrasing for a tship fired from arm 1 to be converted to a block in between the two arms:

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x = 415, y = 321, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8History
411.2D$411.2D3$291.D$291.2D120.2D$291.D113.3D5.2D8$271.2C$271.2C4$382.
2C$382.2C$264.A$264.2A$263.A.A3$375.A$375.2A$374.A.A9$253.A$241.A11.2A
$241.2A9.A.A$240.A.A2$364.A$352.A11.2A$252.2C98.2A9.A.A$253.2C96.A.A$
252.C$235.A$235.2A126.C$234.A.A126.2C$362.C.C2$346.A$346.2A$345.A.A2$
224.A$224.2A$223.A.A3$335.A$335.2A$334.A.A$219.A$219.2A$218.A.A3$330.
A$330.2A$329.A.A$212.A$212.2A$211.A.A3$323.A$323.2A$322.A.A2$205.A$205.
2A$193.A10.A.A$193.2A$192.A.A$316.A$316.2A$187.A116.A10.A.A$187.2A115.
2A$186.A.A114.A.A3$298.A$298.2A$178.A118.A.A$178.2A$177.A.A3$289.A$289.
2A$288.A.A21$288.C$288.2C$287.C.C!
[[ STEP 4 ]]

also, what should the loafship operation be named? i dont know of any existing terms for it in other fields of tech, or even any cases in which a method similar to this firing at a certain distance from the arm has been attested before. current name ideas are prong operation, pushprong operation, leader operation, or timed push operation.

[FWKnightship]

Some flyby reactions I found:

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x = 520, y = 199, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
300bo42bo39bo$301bo42bo39bo$121bo132bo44b3o40b3o37b3o$76bo45bo53bo37bo
40bo$34bo42bo42b3o54bo37bo37b3o$35bo39b3o97b3o35b3o$33b3o14$315bo$314b
3o3$269bo$268b3o41bo5bo$135b3o53bo36b3o36bo3bo41bo3bo82bo$91bo43b3o52b
3o35b3o37bobo128b3o$90b3o43bo91bobo37b3o88b3o36bo3bo$190b3o36bo129b3o
37bobo$49b3o177bo130bo38b3o$49b3o$88bo5bo$48b2ob2o36bo3bo$49bobo$50bo
60$4b2o28b2o46b2o43b2o35b2o34b2o30b2o34b2o43b2o39b2o40b2o38b2o33b2o31b
2o$3b2o28b2o46b2o43b2o35b2o34b2o30b2o34b2o43b2o39b2o40b2o38b2o33b2o31b
2o$3bo29bo47bo44bo36bo35bo31bo35bo44bo40bo41bo39bo34bo32bo14$483bo32bo
$482b3o31bo$516bo$515bobo$327bo81bo103b2o3b2o$281b3o43bo39b3o39bo38b3o
29bo5bo29bo$247bo79bo39b3o39bo38b3o30bo3bo28bo3bo$214b3o29b3o31bobobo
41bobo37b2ob2o37bobo36b2ob2o62bobobo$178b3o33b3o28bo3bo30bo3bo39b2o3b
2o35b5o35b2o3b2o34b5o64bo$18b3o157b3o33bobo29bobo30bo2bo2bo41bo37b3ob
3o37bo36b3ob3o$18b3o122bo35bo35bo30b3o31b5o40bo3bo77bo3bo$17b2ob2o28bo
46b3o42b3o70bo65b3o41bobobo77bobobo$17b5o27b3o45b3o41bo3bo181bo39bobo
39bo38bobo$16b3ob3o74bobo42bobo$49b3o46bo43b3o$98bo$18bobo56$250bo35bo
31bo42bo32bo32bo$o51bo44bo36bo38bo39bo36b2o34b2o30b2o41b2o31b2o31b2o4b
3o$2o50b2o43b2o35b2o37b2o38b2o36b2o34b2o30b2o41b2o31b2o31b2o3b3o$b2o
50b2o43b2o35b2o37b2o38b2o156b3o28b3o27bobo$372b3o28b3o28bo$302bo30b3o
35b2ob2o26b2ob2o27bo$265b3o33b3o29b3o35b5o26b5o$191bo37b3o33b3o65bobo
34b3ob3o24b3ob3o$116bo35b3o36bo37b3o34bo34b3o30bo$70bo44b3o73bo38bo
103bo$19bo49b3o43b3o33bobobo34bobo179bobo28bobo$18b3o47bo3bo41bo3bo32b
o3bo32b2o3b2o$69bobo42b5o31bo2bo2bo34bo$18b3o48b3o42b5o32b5o33bo3bo$
152b3o34bobobo$191bo!

EDIT:

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x = 289, y = 9, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
3o37b3o37b3o31b3o31b3o34b3o40b3o38b3o$2bo39bo39bo33bo33bo36bo42bo40bo$
bo39bo39bo33bo33bo36bo42bo40bo$171bo36b3o$64bo38bo33b3o30b3o35b3o39bo
36bo$24b3o36b3o36b3o32b3o29bo3bo75b3o34b3o$24b3o110bobo30bobo34b2ob2o$
25bo37b3o36b3o33bo31b3o35bobo38b3o34b3o$138bo70bo!

EDIT2:

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x = 3, y = 10, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
3o8$bo$3o!
[[ STOP 90 ]]

EDIT3:A slowsalvo that fires an edgy tship and uses only 3 gliders:

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x = 224, y = 98, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
o$2o$o13$146b2o$146b2o4$151b2o$151bobo$151bo53$200b2o$200bobo$200bo18$
221b2o$221bobo$221bo!

[silversmith]

EDIT2:

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p90 partial

stabilized

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x = 27, y = 25, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
14bo$14bo$13b3o2$14bo$13bobo$12bo3bo2$13b3o5$b2o21b2o$bo23bo$2o10b3o
10b2o3$2o23b2o$bo23bo$b2o21b2o3$13bo$12b3o!

[ZackBuildit777]

EDIT2:

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p90 partial

stabilized

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x = 27, y = 25, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
14bo$14bo$13b3o2$14bo$13bobo$12bo3bo2$13b3o5$b2o21b2o$bo23bo$2o10b3o
10b2o3$2o23b2o$bo23bo$b2o21b2o3$13bo$12b3o!

can alternatively be stabilized with a second copy of the main rotor:

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x = 29, y = 29, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
14b3o$15bo3$3b2o21b2o$3bo23bo$2b2o23b2o3$2b2o10b3o10b2o$3bo23bo$3b2o21b
2o6$b2o21b2o$bo23bo$2o10b3o10b2o3$2o23b2o$bo23bo$b2o21b2o3$13bo$12b3o!

edit 1:

the presence or absence of a block decides if the glider is converted to a tship or not. a bit of extra stuff and i think it allows for a flip gate

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x = 29, y = 16, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
13b2o$13b2o5$15b3ob3o$15b2ob2obob4obo$15b2ob2o2bob2obo$15b2ob2obob4ob
o$15b3ob3o3$2o$b2o$o!

edit 2:

g>W>g using merries, could be use for rephasing or something:

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x = 39, y = 31, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
5b3ob3o$5b2ob2obob4obo$5b2ob2o2bob2obo$5b2ob2obob4obo$bo3b3ob3o$b2o$o
bo18$28bo3bo$27bobobob2ob2o$26b2o5bobo2bo$26b3ob2o$26b2o5bobo2bo$27bo
bobob2ob2o$28bo3bo!

edit 3:

interesting piece of tech, it only turns the tship north if there is only exactly one glider entering the mechanism, with a bit more work it could maybe be made to even handle a continuous stream of gliders:

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x = 90, y = 86, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8History
9$36.F5$37.3D$37.3D$38.D11$75.3A2$75.3A$76.A$76.A$76.A$76.A$76.A3$8.2C
18.2A18.2A18.2A$8.3C17.3A17.3A17.3A11.2A.3A$8.2C18.2A18.2A18.2A11.A3.
4A$3.F77.A.A5.A$81.A3.4A$82.2A.3A3$28.2A8.C6.A26.A$28.2A8.2C3.2A.A2.3A
2.3A15.A$37.C.C3.A2.2A.A.A2.A.A15.A$43.2A.A2.3A2.3A15.A$45.A26.A$72.A
6$71.3A$39.3A.3A26.A$25.2C12.2A.2A.A.4A.A19.A$26.2C11.2A.2A2.A.2A.A$25.
C13.2A.2A.A.4A.A$39.3A.3A9$13.D$13.2D$12.D.D11$2C$.2C$C!

edit 4:

completed the flip gate using a tship reaction:

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x = 101, y = 82, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
84b3o$83b5o$82bo5bo$83bobobo$84b3o5$85bo5$2bo39bo$b2ob2o35b2ob2o$o3b2o
34bo3b2o39b2o$b2ob2o35b2ob2o39b2o$2bo39bo4$87b3ob3o$87b2ob2obob4obo$87b
2ob2o2bob2obo$87b2ob2obob4obo$87b3ob3o3$72b2o$73b2o$72bo23$47b2o$48b2o
$47bo23$22b2o$23b2o$22bo!

edit 5:

something that could be useful at some point. as long as it has a continuous input of gliders, it always has a blinker on the edge, but if the glider isnt present for any reason, the blinker is removed until another glider enters it to replace the blinker.

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x = 29, y = 31, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
20b2o$20b2o5b2o$27b2o13$13b2o8b3o$12bobo$14bo$23b3o2$24bo$24bo$24bo6$
3o$2bo$bo!

edit 6:

another stabilization of the p90 rotor using 4 copies and 2 gliders. it's also extensible

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x = 49, y = 55, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
18b2o9b2o$19b2o7b2o$18bo11bo4$12b2o21b2o$12bo23bo$11b2o23b2o2$24bo$11b
2o11bo11b2o$12bo11bo11bo$12b2o21b2o$5bo2bo31bo2bo$3b3o2b3o27b3o2b3o$3b
o6bo27bo6bo2$22bobo$22b2o$23bo5$b2o3b3o31b3o3b2o$6bobo31bobo$4obo2bo31b
o2bob4o$6bobo31bobo$b2o3b3o31b3o3b2o5$25bo$25b2o$24bobo2$3bo6bo27bo6b
o$3b3o2b3o27b3o2b3o$5bo2bo31bo2bo$12b2o21b2o$12bo11bo11bo$11b2o11bo11b
2o$24bo2$11b2o23b2o$12bo23bo$12b2o21b2o4$18bo11bo$19b2o7b2o$18b2o9b2o!

edit 7:

unrelatedly, a new 5T synthesis for a long ship still life:

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x = 63, y = 34, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
53b2o$52b3o$53b2o12$60b3o$60b3o$61bo2$39b2o$b2o35b3o$3o36b2o$b2o10$48b
3o$48b3o$49bo!

edit 8:

T+tadpole>B methuselah:

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x = 15, y = 17, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
13b2o$13b2o$12bo$12bo$12bo10$b2o$3o$b2o!
[[ STOP 74 ]]

[ZackBuildit777]

bump

final step for synthesizing p6 oscillator:

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x = 14, y = 7, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
11bo$11b3o$b2o10bo$3o$b2o10bo$11b3o$11bo!

going to try to find a synthesis for the constellation

edit 1:

also new tship kickback reaction:

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x = 19, y = 14, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
2b3o$2ob2o$2b3o9$16b3o$16b3o$17bo!

edit 2:

3T synthesis of p6

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x = 27, y = 5, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
14bo$b2o10bob2o7b2o$3o9b2o2bo7b3o$b2o10bob2o7b2o$14bo!

edit 3:

-3 displacement of block in passing, are there any convoys which can be completed using this?

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x = 12, y = 14, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
9bobo$8b2obo$9bobo4$2o$2o4$9bobo$8b2obo$9bobo!

edit 4:

used it to make the +87 displacement convoy into 0 displacement, finally we have something workable. now to make something that converts individual gliders into operations for a constructor

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x = 397, y = 56, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8History
54.A$53.A.2A$52.2A2.A$53.A.2A$54.A29$14.A$13.A.2A$12.2A2.A$13.A.2A$14.
A2$7.3A$5.2A.2A76.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.
2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A$4.3A.2A
76.3A8.3A8.3A8.3A8.3A8.3A8.3A8.3A8.3A8.3A8.3A8.3A8.3A8.3A8.3A8.3A8.3A
8.3A8.3A8.3A8.3A8.3A8.3A8.3A8.3A8.3A8.3A8.3A8.3A$5.2A.2A76.2A9.2A9.2A
9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.
2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A$7.3A3$2C76.A$2C76.A.2A$77.A$10.A63.
3A2.A.2A$8.3A66.A$6.5A2.A64.A.2A4.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.
2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A
9.2A9.2A$6.2A.A68.A7.3A8.3A8.3A8.3A8.3A8.3A8.3A8.3A8.3A8.3A8.3A8.3A8.
3A8.3A8.3A8.3A8.3A8.3A8.3A8.3A8.3A8.3A8.3A8.3A8.3A8.3A8.3A8.3A8.3A$6.
5A2.A72.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A
9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A9.2A$8.3A$10.A!

it takes... 1006 steps to finish

[ZackBuildit777]

bump! new wick made of tadpoles and blocks found:

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x = 55, y = 12, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8:T56
b2o4b2o6b2o4b2o6b2o4b2o6b2o4b2o$b2o4b2o3bo2b2o4b2o3bo2b2o4b2o3bo2b2o4b
2o3bo$o10bo2bo10bo2bo10bo2bo10bo$o13bo13bo13bo$o10bo2bo10bo2bo10bo2bo
10bo$12bo13bo13bo13bo$4bo13bo13bo13bo$2bo2bo10bo2bo10bo2bo10bo2bo$2bo
13bo13bo13bo$2bo2bo10bo2bo10bo2bo10bo2bo$2o2bo3b2o4b2o2bo3b2o4b2o2bo3b
2o4b2o2bo3b2o$2o6b2o4b2o6b2o4b2o6b2o4b2o6b2o!

period 24, maybe stabilizable?

[breaker's glider gun]

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x = 36, y = 64, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
15b3o$14bo3bo$14bobobo2$14b2ob2o$14b2ob2o$14b2ob2o$15bobo$16bo6$o3b2o
$o2b4o$o3b2o6$12bo$10bobobo$10bobobo$12bo$10bobobo$11b3o$12bo18$5bo4b
o3b3o$4b3o2b3o2b2ob2o$5bo4bo3b3o8bo6b4o$25b2o5b4o$19b3o3bo6b4o$19bobo
$18bo3bo$19b3o$20bo2$19b3o$19bobo$19b3o3$19b3o$19bobo$19b3o!

I didn't look at what it said and so I thought that was an inserter for a GG, so I tried to make a gun like that:

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x = 71, y = 64, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
32b2o$32bobo19b3o$18b3o11bo20bo3bo$53bo3bo$18b3o$19bo33bo3bo$19bo$19b
o32bo5bo$19bo32bo5bo$19bo34b3o$54b3o$b2obo$5bo21bo$7o17b2obo$5bo22bo$
b2obo18b2obo2b3o$15b3o10bo19bo$17bo6b2obo20b2o$27bo19bo2b2o8b4o6bo$14b
obo34b2o7b4o5b2o$60b4o6bo$14bobo$15bo$12bobobobo$13bobobo$53bo$13b2ob
2o35bo$13b2ob2o35bo$53bo$35b2o16bo$36b2o15bo$35bo5$52b3o$53bo$53bo3$23b
o$23b2o$22bobo$6bo6b4o$6b2o5b4o23bo$6bo6b4o15b2o7bo$31b4o5b3o$32b2o7b
o$40bo2$23bo$22b3o$21b5o$21b5o$22b3o$23bo5$22b3o$22b3o$23bo!

is this a new period of gun? It looks like more than doubled...
...but I guess it is just doubled...
):

[ZackBuildit777]

oscillator dump, now all periods from 1 to 16 are known except 9 and nontrivial 14, all of these were found in soups by Majestaz

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x = 5, y = 5, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
2o$o$2bo$3b2o$3b2o
16$2o3b2o$bobobo$3bo$3bo$3bo$3bo$bobobo$2o3b2o
16$3o$3o2$obo2$bo$bo$bo
16$2o6b2o$b8o$2b6o$b8o$2o6b2o
16$3b3o$4bo$obo3bobo$obo3bobo$obo3bobo$4bo$3b3o
16$2o20b2o$2o20b2o$3bob2o3bo2bo3b2obo$3b2obo3b4o3bob2o$3bob2o3bo2bo3b2obo$2o20b2o$2o20b2o
16$2b2o2b6o$2bobo5bobo$2o2bo6b2o$o3bobo5bo$b3ob2o5bo$4bo7bo$o2b2o3b2o2bo$o7bo$o5b2ob3o$o5bobo3bo$2o6bo2b2o$obo5bobo$b6o2b2o
15$$7b6o$7b2o2b2o$6bo6bo$6b3o2b3o$6bobo2bobo2$2b3o10b3o$2obo12bob2o$2ob2o10b2ob2o$o18bo$o18bo$2ob2o10b2ob2o$2obo12bob2o$2b3o10b3o2$6bobo2bobo$6b3o2b3o$6bo6bo$7b2o2b2o$7b6o
16$6bobo6bobo$6bobo6bobo$6bobo6bobo2$10bo2bo$10bo2bo$3o7bo2bo7b3o$10bo2bo$3o7bo2bo7b3o2$4b5o6b5o3$4b5o6b5o2$3o7bo2bo7b3o$10bo2bo$3o7bo2bo7b3o$10bo2bo$10bo2bo2$6bobo6bobo$6bobo6bobo$6bobo6bobo
16$14b3o5b3o$14b3o5b3o7$14b3o5b3o$14b3o5b3o$14b3o5b3o3$16bo5bo$2o6b3o5bo5bo5b3o6b2o$2o6b3o17b3o6b2o$2o6b3o2b2o9b2o2b3o6b2o6$2o6b3o2b2o9b2o2b3o6b2o$2o6b3o17b3o6b2o$2o6b3o5bo5bo5b3o6b2o$16bo5bo3$14b3o5b3o$14b3o5b3o$14b3o5b3o7$14b3o5b3o$14b3o5b3o!

separately, Majestaz also found a really really sparky p42, seminatural

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x = 17, y = 7, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
2b3o7b3o$b2obo7bob2o$bobo9bobo$3b2o7b2o$5bo5bo$2ob2o7b2ob2o$3bo9bo!

maybe it's useful?

edit 1:

g>T using p42:

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x = 17, y = 16, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
3bo9bo$2ob2o7b2ob2o$5bo5bo$3b2o7b2o$bobo9bobo$b2obo7bob2o$2b3o7b3o7$b
2o$bobo$bo!

different direction:

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x = 28, y = 15, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
3bo9bo$2ob2o7b2ob2o$5bo5bo$3b2o7b2o$bobo9bobo$b2obo7bob2o$2b3o7b3o6$26b
o$25b2o$25bobo!

edit 2:

delayed:

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x = 27, y = 13, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
3bo9bo$2ob2o7b2ob2o$5bo5bo$3b2o7b2o$bobo9bobo$b2obo7bob2o$2b3o7b3o4$25b
2o$24b2o$26bo!

edit 3:

new adjustable oscillator using p42 reflecting a tship:

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x = 43, y = 108, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
b3o7b3o$b3o7b3o$b3o7b3o$b3o7b3o$obo9bobo$o2bo7bo2bo$2obo7bob2o$2bo9bo
71$20bo$19b3o$19b3o20$29b3o7b3o$29b3o7b3o$29b3o7b3o$29b3o7b3o$28bobo9b
obo$28bo2bo7bo2bo$28b2obo7bob2o$30bo9bo!

edit 4:

T>w

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x = 26, y = 26, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
bo$3o$3o16$12b3o7b3o$12b3o7b3o$12b3o7b3o$12b3o7b3o$11bobo9bobo$11bo2b
o7bo2bo$11b2obo7bob2o$13bo9bo!

and, in turn, w>T

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x = 29, y = 7, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
2b3o7b3o13bo$b2obo7bob2o11b2o$bobo9bobo10b2o$3b2o7b2o$5bo5bo$2ob2o7b2o
b2o$3bo9bo!

edit 5:

even more delayed g>T:

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x = 32, y = 11, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
2b3o7b3o$b2obo7bob2o$bobo9bobo$3b2o7b2o$5bo5bo$2ob2o7b2ob2o$3bo9bo2$30b
o$29b2o$29bobo!

edit 6:

new adjustable oscillator again, this time loopable:

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x = 129, y = 129, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
110b3o$110bo2b4o$109bo2b5o$110b2ob4o4$2bo9bo$2obo7bob2o$o2bo7bo2bo$ob
o9bobo$b3o7b3o96b2ob4o$b3o7b3o95bo2b5o$b3o7b3o96bo2b4o$b3o7b3o96b3o4$
89bo$36b2o48b2ob2o$36b3o47b2o3bo$36b2o48b2ob2o$89bo5$108bo$107b3o2$107b
3o16$18b5o$18b5o$18bo3bo$19b3o$19b3o$20bo26$108bo$107b3o$107b3o$106bo
3bo$106b5o$106b5o16$19b3o2$19b3o$20bo5$39bo$38b2ob2o48b2o$37bo3b2o47b
3o$38b2ob2o48b2o$39bo4$16b3o96b3o7b3o$12b4o2bo96b3o7b3o$12b5o2bo95b3o
7b3o$12b4ob2o96b3o7b3o$114bobo9bobo$114bo2bo7bo2bo$114b2obo7bob2o$116b
o9bo4$12b4ob2o$12b5o2bo$12b4o2bo$16b3o!

edit 7:
2 of the p42 together and now we have T>g

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x = 32, y = 42, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
12bo$12bo$12bo$12bo$12bo$12bo2$5bobo3bo$5bob2ob3o$5bobob5o$8b3ob3o$9b
5o$10b3o$10bobo$10b3o$9b5o$8b3ob3o$5bobob5o$5bob2ob3o$5bobo3bo2$12bo$
12bo$12bo$12bo$12bo$12bo5$2b3o$2ob2o$2b3o$19bo9bo$17b2obo7bob2o$17bo2b
o7bo2bo$17bobo9bobo$18b3o7b3o$18b3o7b3o$18b3o7b3o$18b3o7b3o!

now I'm wondering, could these p42 reactions be enough to support a tship gun based off of this glider reaction?

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x = 10, y = 3, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
3o5b2o$2bo4b2o$bo7bo!

it'd be double barreled and if made would be the first non 50 multiple spaceship gun

[ZackBuildit777]

taking a temporary break from p42 tech. here's something interesting:

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x = 23, y = 23, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
8b2o$8b2o5b2o$15b2o$14bo$14bo$14bo$21b2o$21bo$2o16b2obo$2o17bob2o$19b
o$18b2o$12b2o$12b2o$3b3o8b2o$b2o11b2o$b2o2$8bo2bo$8b4o2$6b4o$6bo2bo!
[[ STOP 37 ]]

there seems to be a lot of situations where a block to beacon convertor, or at least a block factory, would be very useful. can anyone come up with a solution to one of these cases?

[ZackBuildit777]

alright, I clearly don't know what I'm doing very well. this is the main part of our work on the mod 42 glider gun:

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x = 95, y = 103, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8History
6.3A$5.A2.3A$5.A2.A2.A$.2A7.3A$A9.2A$.2A2.2A$5.2A$5.2A4$5.2A$5.2A$.2A
2.2A73.3A7.3A$A9.2A67.A3.A5.A3.A$.2A7.3A68.A9.A$5.A2.A2.A66.A2.3A5.3A
2.A$5.A2.3A67.2A.2A7.2A.2A$6.3A70.2A11.2A$78.A2.A9.A2.A$65.A12.A.A11.
A.A$63.2A.A12.3A9.3A$63.A2.2A$63.2A.A$12.2A51.A$11.2A$13.A40$54.2A$53.
2A$55.A8$73.A$72.3A$72.3A8$81.A$77.2A2.A$76.2A$76.A.2A.2A$76.2A.A.A$80.
A6$80.A$76.2A.A.A$76.A.2A.2A$76.2A$77.2A2.A$81.A!

and here's the 3 phases rewinding thing

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x = 16, y = 53, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
14bo$10b2o2bo$9b2o$9bob2ob2o$9b2obobo$13bo6$13bo$9b2obobo$9bob2ob2o$9b
2o$10b2o2bo$14bo9$obo$ob2o$obo9$14bo$10b2o2bo$9b2o$9bob2ob2o$9b2obobo
$13bo6$13bo$9b2obobo$9bob2ob2o$9b2o$10b2o2bo$14bo!

can someone figure out how to combine these to make a mod 42 glider gun that actually works? or at least prove that the 3 phases rewind isn't enough to do it.

[toroidalet]

The "3 phases delayer" actually delays the ship by 4 generations but advances it by 2 cells. If you apply it twice it will advance the ship by 2 generations{a}.
I decided not to do a triangle and made this p1092 gun:

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x = 116, y = 125, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
101b3o7b3o$100b2obo7bob2o$100bobo9bobo$102b2o7b2o$104bo5bo$99b2ob2o7b
2ob2o$94b2o6bo9bo$96bo$95b2o$95bo$92b3o$92b3o12$5bo9bo$4b3o7b3o$4b3o7b
3o2$6b3o3b3o2$3o15b3o$2o4b3o3b3o4b2o$3o15b3o$2bo15bo2$5bo9bo$4bo11bo$
4bo11bo46$16b2ob2o$14bo2b2o2bo$13bo4bob2o$13bob3obobo$13bo2b2o$14bobo
6$14bobo$13bo2b2o$13bob3obobo$13bo4bob2o$14bo2b2o2bo$16b2ob2o2$105bo$
104b3o$104b2obo$105b2o3$98bobo$98bobo3bo$98bobo2b3o$102b5o$103b3o$104b
o2$104bo$103b3o$102b5o$98bobo2b3o$98bobo3bo$98bobo3$105b2o$104b2obo$
104b3o$105bo!

Here is what I did:

• First, I advanced the ship-2-gliders reflector until it showed the same phase as the reflector, then I removed the 90° reflector and pasted the duplicator so that the ships lined up.
• Then, I advanced this device by 2 generations, selected it and a glider and reflected it diagonally, then reset and pasted this pattern over the glider{b}.
• At this point I ran the pattern 168 generations, which moved some of the gliders and ships but kept others the same, and I added those new ships in.
• I then copied the glider-ship converter, reflected and advanced it, and pasted it over the new glider.
• The t ship it produced was not aligned with the duplicator below, so I moved it back 21 cells, then another 21 cells, at which point the ship was to the right of where it should be{c}.
• By running the pattern, leaving my mouse over the middle cell of that ship, and resetting and counting the distance, I could see that it was 11 cells to the right of where it needed to be{d}.
• I ran the converter and glider 4*11=44 generations. The glider was still alive, so I copied that, reset, and pasted it over the same glider.
• The t ship reached the correct spot, but after 358 generations, as confirmed by selecting it in generation 0 and running the pattern until a ship reached that same phase near the box. 358 is 22+8*42.
• In order to make that 358 into a multiple of 42, it was necessary to determine how to adjust the triangle. The reflector and duplicator could only be shifted along their diagonals, and they had to be shifted by the same amount, or the 4c/10 ship would not be in the same column. Also, the distance between the reflector and duplicator could only change by a multiple of 4. This meant that the triangle could be adjusted by shifting the reflector and duplicator by 2 cells along their diagonals. This basic unit took 2*4=8 generations longer to reach the reflector, 4*10/4=10 generations longer to reach the duplicator, and 2*4=8 generations to reach the spot where the unshifted reflector would have put it, for a total of 8+10+8=26 generations.
• To find the right number, I added 26 to 22 until it was a multiple of 42. 22+4*26=126=3*42. This corresponds to moving the reflector and duplicator back 4*2=8 cells.
• Moving the duplicator back 8 cells was easier because I could just run it 8*4=32 generations, which would move the glider out 8 cells, then copy it and the glider, then paste that pattern so the gliders line up. To move the reflector back 8 cells, I had to run the pattern 168-32=136 generations and do the same thing. (168 is the gap between gliders from the original triangle gun, and there was no reason to preserve this particular number)
• At this point, it worked except some gliders were crashing into each other. I removed all gliders except one to find the period, which was 1092. Fortunately, this is not a multiple of 168 so I didn't have to adjust the gun again because the loop can only handle 2 gliders at a reduced period.

{a}: If you apply it twice, it delays the spaceship by 8 generations, but advances it 4 cells. Since it is 4c/10, this is equivalent to delaying it by 8 and advancing it by 10, and 10-8=2. However, if you apply it once, it does not shift it by 1 generation.

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x = 38, y = 80, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
obo$ob2o$obo11$35bo$34bobo$33bo3bo$34bobo$35bo3$14bo$10b2o2bo14b4o$9b
2o17b2o2bo$9bob2ob2o11bo2b3o$9b2obobo12bo3bo$13bo14bo6$13bo14bo$9b2obo
bo12bo3bo$9bob2ob2o11bo2b3o$9b2o17b2o2bo$10b2o2bo14b4o$14bo3$35bo$34bo
bo$33bo3bo$34bobo$35bo2$obo$ob2o$obo2$35bo$34bobo$33bo3bo$34bobo$35bo
3$14bo$10b2o2bo14b4o$9b2o17b2o2bo$9bob2ob2o11bo2b3o$9b2obobo12bo3bo$
13bo14bo6$13bo14bo$9b2obobo12bo3bo$9bob2ob2o11bo2b3o$9b2o17b2o2bo$10b
2o2bo14b4o$14bo3$35bo$34bobo$33bo3bo$34bobo$35bo!

{b}: In 2 generations, a glider flips itself across the diagonal, so if you reflect the entire pattern across the diagonal, you get the glider in the same phase, but the thing the glider hits has been reflected. You can reflect diagonally by performing a rotation and a reflection. Try it!
{c}: It's easier to move a device in than it is to move it out. Also, I could move it 21 cells instead of 42 cells because a glider is c/4, so would get there in 4*21=2*42 generations.
{d}: I didn't actually count it, but used the selection tool to mark a 1*1 selection over that square. Then, I made the other end of the selection the middle cell of the original ship. The length of the selection was 12 cells, so the distance is 12-1=11 cells. Alternatively, you can select the cell 1 cell to the right and not subtract. (If the original selection is on the left, you would want to select the cell just to the left instead) Instead of dragging the selection, you can release the mouse and shift-click over the other spot to expand your selection.

EDIT: I realized that the triangle design actually does work. Here is a p630 gun, which also works at p210 or p126:

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x = 345, y = 113, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
48b3o$48b3o$48b3o133b3o$48b3o133b3o114b3o$184b3o114b3o$2bo181b3o114b3o
$b3o45b3ob3o245b3o$ob2o44bo5bob2o80bo$b2o44bo6b2o81b3o45b3ob3o63bo$47b
o88bob2o44bo5bob2o60b3o45b3ob3o$47bo5bo83b2o44bo6b2o61bob2o44bo5bob2o$
7bobo173bo70b2o44bo6b2o$3bo3bobo38bo3bo130bo5bo110bo$2b3o2bobo133bobo
154bo5bo$b5o41bo5bo85bo3bobo38bo3bo71bobo$2b3o42bo90b3o2bobo110bo3bobo
38bo3bo$3bo43bo6b2o81b5o41bo5bo65b3o2bobo$48bo5bob2o80b3o42bo70b5o41bo
5bo$3bo45b3ob3o83bo43bo6b2o63b3o42bo$2b3o179bo5bob2o62bo43bo6b2o$b5o
133bo45b3ob3o109bo5bob2o$2b3o2bobo38b3o26b3o7b3o48b3o115bo45b3ob3o$3bo
3bobo38b3o25bo3bo5bo3bo46b5o113b3o$7bobo38b3o27bo9bo49b3o2bobo38b3o26b
3o7b3o28b5o$48b3o24bo2b3o5b3o2bo47bo3bobo38b3o25bo3bo5bo3bo28b3o2bobo
38b3o26b3o7b3o$75b2ob2o7b2ob2o51bobo38b3o27bo9bo31bo3bobo38b3o25bo3bo
5bo3bo$b2o73b2o11b2o93b3o24bo2b3o5b3o2bo32bobo38b3o27bo9bo$ob2o71bo2bo
9bo2bo119b2ob2o7b2ob2o73b3o24bo2b3o5b3o2bo$b3o71bobo11bobo45b2o73b2o
11b2o101b2ob2o7b2ob2o$2bo73b3o9b3o45bob2o71bo2bo9bo2bo26b2o73b2o11b2o$
137b3o38b3o30bobo11bobo25bob2o71bo2bo9bo2bo$138bo39b2ob2o29b3o9b3o27b
3o24bo46bobo11bobo$178b2ob3o71bo23b2obo46b3o9b3o$178b2ob2o96bo2b2o$
178b3o98b2obo40bo$281bo40bobo$48b3o270b2ob2o$48b3o$48b3o133b3o135b3o$
48b3o133b3o83b2o29b3o18b3o$184b3o82b2o30b3o$184b3o84bo29b3o$49b3ob3o
245b3o$48bo5bob2o$47bo6b2o129b3ob3o$47bo136bo5bob2o108b3ob3o$47bo5bo
129bo6b2o109bo5bob2o$183bo116bo6b2o$48bo3bo111bo18bo5bo110bo$163b2o
135bo5bo$47bo5bo109bobo18bo3bo$47bo253bo3bo$47bo6b2o127bo5bo$48bo5bob
2o125bo116bo5bo$49b3ob3o127bo6b2o108bo$184bo5bob2o106bo6b2o$185b3ob3o
109bo5bob2o$48b3o251b3ob3o$48b3o$48b3o133b3o$48b3o133b3o114b3o$184b3o
114b3o$184b3o114b3o$301b3o7$302bo$301b2o$301bobo12$70bo$69b3o$69b3o
134bo$74b3o128b3o115bo$74b3o128b3o114b3o$73bo136b3o109b3o$210b3o114b3o
$209bo117b3o$81bo244bo$79b2ob2o$75b3o3bo135bo$75b3o137b2ob2o114bo$75b
3o133b3o3bo114b2ob2o$211b3o114b3o3bo$211b3o114b3o$328b3o$75b3o$75b3o$
75b3o3bo129b3o$79b2ob2o127b3o114b3o$81bo129b3o3bo110b3o$215b2ob2o108b
3o3bo$217bo114b2ob2o$73bo260bo$74b3o$74b3o132bo$210b3o113bo$210b3o114b
3o$327b3o!

I made a mistake and thought the original triangle didn't work due to parity, but it does. The t ship was simply 2 cells off, which was fixable with the shifter. Then, it can be adjusted by moving the glider-ship converter and other reflector 4 cells, which changes the period by 36. Pulling it in 4 cells on both sides makes the period a multiple of 42.

[silversmith]

Here's another design which uses symmetry to make constructing the gun easier

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x = 118, y = 125, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8History
.3A$.3A$A3$8.A$6.2A.2A$2.3A3.A$2.3A$2.3A2$35.A9.A$35.A9.A$2.3A29.A.A7.
A.A$2.3A30.A9.A$2.3A3.A26.A9.A$6.2A.2A25.3A3.3A$8.A26.A3.A.A3.A$28.A2.
A3.A.A.A.A.A.A3.A2.A$28.A2.A3.A3.A.A3.A3.A2.A$A27.A2.A4.3A3.3A4.A2.A$.
3A$.3A$34.A$12.A17.2A$12.A16.A4.A$12.A16.5A25$38.2A$38.A.A$38.A2$62.A$
63.2A$62.2A23$105.2A$106.A$106.A.2A$69.3A29.3A.2A.A$69.A33.A4.A$70.A
31.A5.2A2$93.A.A$94.2A$94.A10$97.A.A$96.2A.A$97.A.A$108.3A$72.A9.A25.
3A$72.A9.A24.A$71.A.A7.A.A$72.A9.A$72.A9.A32.A$73.3A3.3A31.2A.2A$72.A
3.A.A3.A26.3A3.A$65.A2.A3.A.A.A.A.A.A3.A2.A19.3A$65.A2.A3.A3.A.A3.A3.A
2.A19.3A$65.A2.A4.3A3.3A4.A2.A3$109.3A$109.3A$109.3A3.A$113.2A.2A$115.
A3$107.A$108.3A$108.3A!

First dealing with the possible phases and positions for the 4c/10 makes adjustments difficult, so I connected two converters in a way that one input gliders produces one output glider in the other direction.

I extended the glider streams so that there were three gliders going in and three gliders going out. Then, I copied the entire pattern on the first generation, rotated it 180 degrees, and placed it in a way that lined up one of the glider streams with a stream from the original pattern.

Finally, I moved the reflectors closer together, rephasing them as I went, until both glider streams lined up.

[ZackBuildit777]

great! now that we have useable glider guns, it'll make figuring out p42 tech much easier

apparently there's actually a second p42 based on the same regions:

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x = 118, y = 125, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8History
49$44.A9.A$41.2A.2A7.2A.2A$46.A5.A$44.2A7.2A$42.A.A9.A.A$42.2A.A7.A.2A
$43.3A7.3A15$44.A11.A$41.2A.2A9.2A.2A$46.A7.A$44.2A9.2A$42.A.A11.A.A$
42.2A.A9.A.2A$43.3A9.3A!

it seems that anything that can handle the chaos from the temporary square spark part can stabilize it into a p42. anyway, it gives us a different spark to play with

edit 1:

fast glider reflection:

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x = 25, y = 43, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8History
21$9.A11.A$6.2A.2A9.2A.2A$11.A7.A$9.2A9.2A$7.A.A11.A.A$7.2A.A9.A.2A$8.
3A9.3A8$2.2A$3.2A$2.A!

edit 2:

with a bit of spark trickery, the p42 family is extensible:

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x = 108, y = 19, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8History
11.B14.B11.B14.B14.B14.B14.B$10.3B12.3B9.3B12.3B12.3B12.3A12.3B$10.3B
12.3B9.3B12.3B12.3B12.3B12.3B$9.4B2A9.6B5.6B9.2A4B9.6B9.2BA2BA9.3BA2B
$4.8BA3B3.12B3.12B3.3BA8B3.12B3.12B3.2BAB2A6B$3.BA3BA7B2.13B.B.13B2.7B
A3BAB2.3A4BA2BA2B2.5BABA5B2.2BA2B2A6B$2.B3A4B2A41B2A4B3ABA3BA3BA2BA5B
A5B2A11BA8B$3.BA12B.14B.14B.12BAB.ABABA3BA2BA2B.B3A4BA5B.6BA7B$4.14B.
7B3A7B3A7B.14B.BA3BA8B.2B3A3BA5B.3B5A6B$9.B3A4B7.2B3A2B.B.2B3A2B7.4B3A
B7.B3A4B7.2BA5B7.2B5AB$4.6BABA5B.7B3A7B3A7B.5BABA6B.5BA8B.14B.4B3A7B$
3.14B.8B3A3B.3B3A8B.14B.4BA9B.4BA9B.4BA9B$2.9BAB2A10BABA9BABA10B2ABA12B
ABA12B3A24B$3.8B4AB2.7BA2BA2B.B.2BA2BA7B2.B4A8B2.3BA9B2.13B2.13B$4.12B
3.6B2ABA2B3.2BAB2A6B3.12B3.3BA8B3.12B3.12B$9.6B9.3BA2B5.2BA3B9.6B9.6B
9.6B9.6B$10.3B12.3B9.3B12.3B12.3B12.3B12.3B$10.3B12.3B9.3B12.3B12.3B12.
3B12.3B$11.B14.B11.B14.B14.B14.B14.B!

edit 3:

just for fun, a support for a single rotor using a p7 and a hook catalyst

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x = 25, y = 22, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
7b2ob2o$6bobo2bo$5b2o2bo4bo$6bo5b4o$9bo4bo$10b3o$4b2o13b2o$2o2bo15bo2b
2o$obobobo11bobobobo$2bo2b2o11b2o2bo$b2o19b2o2$10b5o$9bo2bo2bo$9bo5bo
2$11b3o$11b3o2$9bo5bo$9bo2bo2bo$10b5o!

edit 4:

hook on hook synthesis, will post the p42 region's synthesis and the p7's synthesis later, but it's now possible to synthesize the single rotor version:

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x = 35, y = 25, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
32bo$32bobo$32b2o$18bobo$5bo12b2o$3bobo13bo$4b2o4$22b2o$22b2o2$11b2o$
11b2o4$29b2o$15bo13bobo$15b2o12bo$14bobo$b2o$obo$2bo!

[FWKnightship]

This pattern lasts 12,249,559 generations:

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x = 31, y = 31, rule = B3-eq4ciqt5ky/S2-c3-k4yz5i8
18bo4bobo2b2o$15bo2b2ob4o2b4o$18bo2bo2b2o3b2o$15bo2bo2bob2ob2obo$15bob
3o3bo3bo2bo$17bobo2b2ob5o$15b2ob4o2b2o4bo$16b2o5bobo4bo$15b3obob3obo4b
o$15bobobo2b6o$15bobob2o3b5o$15bo3bo4bobo2b2o$18b2ob2o2b3ob2o$18b2o2bo
6b2o$15bo4bo3b2obobo$b3o2b2ob2o2b2ob2o2b2ob2o2b3o$bobob2o3bo4bo$2o6bo
2b2o$2ob3o2b2ob2o$2o2bobo4bo3bo$2b5o3b2obobo$3b6o2bobobo$o4bob3obob3o$
o4bobo5b2o$o4b2o2b4ob2o$b5ob2o2bobo$o2bo3bo3b3obo$bob2ob2obo2bo2bo$2o
3b2o2bo2bo$4o2b4ob2o2bo$b2o2bobo4bo!