Quasar in 24G (Down from 30G) by sourcing a reaction found in a C4_1 soup, likely improvable to 20G though:
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x = 65, y = 65, rule = B3/S23
58bo$58bobo$58b2o2$bo26bo$2bo26b2o$3o25b2o3$31bo$29bobo$30b2o$38bo$38b
obo$30bobo5b2o4bo$31b2o9b2o$31bo11b2o4$14bobo$15b2o$15bo2$13bo$14bo$
12b3o2$58bobo$54bo3b2o$50bo2bo5bo$48b2o3b3o$14b2o33b2o$9b3o3b2o$5bo5bo
2bo$5b2o3bo$4bobo2$50b3o$50bo$51bo2$49bo$48b2o$48bobo4$20b2o11bo$21b2o
9b2o$20bo4b2o5bobo$24bobo$26bo$33b2o$33bobo$33bo3$35b2o25b3o$34b2o26bo
$36bo26bo2$5b2o$4bobo$6bo!
Edit: And here's a rough attempt at making a 54P17 final step:
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x = 61, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
8bo19bo22bo$7bobo17bobo20bobo$7bobo3b2o12bobo3b2o15bobo3b2o$4b2obob2o
3bo9b2obob2o3bo12b2obob2o3bo$5bobo4bobob2o7bobo4bobob2o10bobo4bobob2o$
3bo2bob5obo2bo5bo2bob5obo2bo8bo2bob5obo2bo$3b2obobo4bobo7b2obobo4bobo
10b2obobo4bobo$6bo2b2obo2b2o9bo2b2obo2b2o12bo2b2obo2b2o$6bo3bobobo11bo
3bobobo14bo3bobobo$4b2o4bobobo9b2o4bobobo12b2o4bobobo$2obo4b2obobo9bo
4b2obobo12bo4b2obobo$ob2o4bo2bo16bo2bo19bo2bo$6b2o2bobo9b4obo2bobo11b
2o2b2o3bobo$6bo4bo12b2o5bobo14bo5bobo$7bo22b2o21b2o$6b2o25bo22bo!
Edit 2 on November 3rd: And here's Honey Thieves in 15G (Down from 17G), achieved with a 4-glider honeyfarm inserter that also allows for a cheaper construction of the first three fishhooks:
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x = 243, y = 22, rule = B3/S23
115bobo$115b2o$116bo$102bo135bobo$100bobo8bo126b2o$101b2o8bobo100bo24b
o$111b2o99bobo$66b2o48b2o62b2o31b2o26b2o$66bo49bo42bobo18bo38b2o20bo$
10bo53bobo47bobo42b2o17bobo37bo2bo17bobo$10bobo46bo4b2o48b2o44bo17b2o
38bo2bo17b2o$10b2o48b2o157b2o$16b2o41b2o8bo103bo60bo$7bo7b2o51bo103bob
o58bobo$8b2o7bo50b3o87b2o11bo2bo57bo2bo$7b2o148bobo12b2o59b2o$114b2o
43bo18b2o59b2o$114bobo61bobo58bobo$2b2o51b2o48b2o9bo52b2o9bo41bo7b2o9b
o$bobo50bobo47bobo9b2o50bobo9b2o40b2o5bobo9b2o$bo52bo49bo63bo52bobo5bo
$2o51b2o48b2o62b2o59b2o!
Edit 3: Honey Thieves in 13G, because of course there's a 2G honeyfarm:
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x = 174, y = 23, rule = B3/S23
145bo$143bobo$144b2o$88bobo59b2o$88b2o59bo2bo$5bobo81bo59bo2bo$5b2o8b
2o38b2o52b2o39b2o8bobo9b2o$6bo8bo39bo53bo51b2o9bo$13bobo37bobo51bobo
51bo8bobo$13b2o33bo4b2o32b2o18b2o61b2o$o4b2o42b2o35bobo$b2o3b2o40b2o8b
o29bo$2o3bo51bo$44b2o11b3o38b2o53bo7b2o$43bobo51bobo53b2o5bobo$43bo53b
o9b2o43bobo5bo9b2o$42b2o52b2o9bobo49b2o9bobo$109bo62bo$109b2o61b2o2$
160b2o$161b2o$160bo!
Relatedly, Honey Thieves with Test Tube Baby in 18G:
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x = 215, y = 42, rule = B3/S23
o41bo$b2o38bo$2o39b3o14$29bo$27b2o$28b2o$182bo$180bobo$181b2o$19b2o
104bobo59b2o$18bobo104b2o59bo2bo$20bo57bobo8b2o35bo20b2o37bo2bo20b2o$
78b2o8bo2bo54bo2bo37b2o8bobo9bo2bo$79bo8bo2bo54bo2bo48b2o9bo2bo$8b2o
76bobo2bobo50bobo2bobo46bo8bobo2bobo$9b2o75b2o4b2o30b2o18b2o4b2o55b2o
4b2o$8bo22b3o39bo4b2o43bobo$31bo42b2o3b2o44bo$14bo17bo40b2o3bo$14b2o
119b2o53bo7b2o$13bobo118bobo53b2o5bobo$18b2o66b2o46bo9b2o43bobo5bo9b2o
$18bobo65bobo44b2o9bobo49b2o9bobo$20bo67bo57bo62bo$20b2o66b2o56b2o61b
2o2$197b2o$198b2o$197bo!