Virus (B36/S235)

[phdanielli]

Thanks dude, VelcroRex.

[twinb7]

This pattern is so close to cleanly converting a glider to a rocket! (or as I desperately want to call it given its appearance and the name of the rule, the 'virus')

Check generation 32 to see what I mean.

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x = 14, y = 18, rule = B36/S235
bo$2bo$3o12$9b3o$9bobo$7bobobobo$7b2o3b2o!

[twinb7]

P.S. p10 glider eater:

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x = 8, y = 14, rule = B36/S235
5bobo$5b2o$6bo8$2b3o$2bobo$obobobo$2o3b2o!

[velcrorex]

p4 diagonal wickstretcher

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x = 21, y = 20, rule = B36/S235
boo$oo$bbo$4boo$4b3obobo$7bobobbo$4booboobboo$5b4obo$4b4o4b3o$5boobo6b
o$5bo8bobo$8bo6bobo$6b3o7bobo$8bobo6bobo$9bobo6bobo$10bobo6boo$11bobo$
12bobo$13bobo$14boo!

Edit:
Can be made into a ship too:

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x = 42, y = 42, rule = B36/S235
oo$obo$o$3bo$3boobobo$6bobboo$3boobobb3o$4bobo3bo$4bobo4b3o$4booboo5bo
$5boo6bobo$6bo7bobo$5boo8bobo$8bo7bobo$8bobo6bobo$9bobo6bobo$10bobo6bo
$11bobo7bobo$12bobo8bo$13bobo5b4o$14bobo6boo$15b3o5boobo$16bobo7bo$17b
3obboo$18boo3boo4bo$20bobo3boobo$22bobboboo$24bob3obbo3bo$24bo4b3obboo
$24bobo4b6o$25boo5boo3boo$26boo9boo$30boobbobbo$28b5oboo$29bo3b3o$27b
oo4booboo$27boobob3obbo$29bo7boboo$29bo4boobbobbo$31bo6bobbo$37bo$37b
oo!

[twinb7]

Josh, how do you ever manage to engineer this stuff?

[Lewis]

Some new oscillators, including periods 6, 8, 9, 10, 24 and 84 (!) :

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x = 79, y = 58, rule = 235/36
30bo$28b2ob2o$27bo5bo$3bobobo18bo2bobo2bo$13b2o3b2o5bo3b3o3bo
$3bo9bobobobo5bob2o3b2obo$15bobo6bo3bo3bo3bo$3bobobo7bobo7bob
2o3b2obo$15bobo7bo3b3o3bo$3bo3bo18bo2bobo2bo$27bo5bo34bo$3bob
obo20b2ob2o34b3o$30bo14bobobo2bo3bo10bo2bo$69bo5b2o$49bo2bo3b
o19b2o$19b2o53bobo$3bobobo10bobo24bobobo2bobobo18bo$14bobo2bo
46bo$3bo3bo6b2obo27bo10bo8bobo$18bo45b2o$3bobobo9bo27bobobo6b
o8b2o5bo$13bo3b2o52bo2bo$3bo3bo4bobo57b3o$12b2o59bo$3bobobo4$
3bobobo$14bobo$3bo3bo6b2obo$18bo$3bobobo9bo$13bo3b2o$7bo4bobo
$12b2o$3bobobo4$18bo6bo$17bobo4bobo$17b2o6b2o$21b2o$14b2o5b2o
5b2o$o3bobobo4bobo12bobo15bobobo2bo3bo13b3o3b2o$14bo4b2o2b2o4b
o41b3o3b2o$o3bo3bo10bo4bo21bo3bo2bo3bo19b2o$16b2o8b2o$o3bo3bo
7b2o8b2o18bobobo2bobobo$19bo4bo46b2o$o3bo3bo5bo4b2o2b2o4bo16b
o3bo6bo13b2o3b3o$13bobo12bobo40b2o3b3o$o3bobobo5b2o5b2o5b2o16b
obobo6bo$21b2o$17b2o6b2o$17bobo4bobo$18bo6bo!

Notice how the P8 and P9 are variants on the already-known p10, here the boats at each side cause the p10 to 'skip' a step, reducing its period.

[velcrorex]

Josh, how do you ever manage to engineer this stuff?

The ship was found with WLS and the wick-stretcher was a lucky find while watching WLS do it's thing.

c/3 Diagonal ships seem even easier to find, and there are wick-stretchers too. This is only a sample of the c/3 ships I've found. Some of the ships create and consume a wick that's a single line of cells. Combining the c/3 and c/4 finds, a growing ship can be produced.

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x = 317, y = 121, rule = B36/S235
210boo$209bobo$208bobo$208bo$206boo$132bo73bobo52boo$127bo3bobbo25bo
45boo52bobo$126bo4bobo23boobboo43bo52bobo44boo$126b4o3boo22boobo44b3o
bbo47bobo44bobo$127boo27bob3obobo41bob3o48bo44bobo$125bo7bo22booboo4bo
43bo10boo34b3o7boo35bobo$70boo53b6oboo3bobo15boo4boo3bo41boobboo5bobo
31boo10bobo34bobo$69bo57bob7oboo13bo6bobobo41b3ob4o7bo30bo3boo7bobo34b
obo$69bo56b3o3b3o5bo12boboobo3bobobobo36boo3bobo3boboo31bo3bo7bobo35bo
$62boo6boobo52b4o3bo4boo14bobboboobboo3bo31bo3boobobo3bobobo32b3obobo
5bobo35boobo$62b3obb3obboo44bo7boo5boo16bobob3o3bo3b3obo30boobboboboo
bb6o31bob4o7bo35booboo$61bo5bo50boo11boboobbo11bobo9boboboo32bob3o3b3o
3bo35boboo5bobobo39boo3bo7boo$59b3o3boo3bo47boo5bobo3booboboo11bo3boo
7bo3b3o30b5obboo39b3o3bo5boo36bo5boo9bobo$60boobb5obo47bo4b3oboob5oboo
bo9b5obo4boo3boboo22boobboobo5boo41bo3bo5boobbo33bobo6boo7bobo$61boo3b
3o50bobbobbo4b3obobboo10b4obboo3bobob3o24bo4boobo4boo43bo3bobobo3bo31b
o4bo6boo5bobo$61boobbobbo47b3obo3b5o5boo12booboob4obbobobo25bob5oboboo
bb3o39boboboo4b3o35bobobbo6boobobobo$59b3obboo5bo45boo3boobobo18boboo
bbobbobbobbo28booboobbobobobboboo33boboo3bobobobob5o32bo4bo8boo3bo$60b
o3boobbo49boo4bobbo18bobbooboo3boobobo24boo3b3ob3oboboboo35b4obob5o5bo
30boo3bobboo9b4o$37bo18boobbo4boobboo48bobobbobo19b4ob7o5bo22bo7boo3bo
bobo37booboobobbobbob3o31boo3bobbo11bo$37bo20boo5boboo50boobo27b3obb3o
boo25bo12boobo36boobo7b3obbo34bobobobo6bo4bo$36bo20b3o3bo3boo50bobo3bo
25bobobboo29bo4bob3obbob3o35boboboboobbo4boo32b3obb4o4boobo3bo$36bo16b
oobbobob3o56b4obboboo22b8o28bo4bobbobobbobo35boobobbobobbobo34booboobo
bbo3boo3boo$34boo22bo3bo60b3ob4o21boboo29bo4boo4bob4o39b3obboobo37bobo
boboob4o3bo$33bobo15b3obbobb3o62boo26bo32b3o4bobbo3b3o32bobobboobobo4b
3o35bo6boobbo6bo$32bobo14b5oboo68bo26b3o31boboobobobbobbobobo31bobbo3b
oobobobboo32boboobo5boob4obo$31bobo17bo3boboo131bobobo5boboo27boobb3ob
o3b4ob3o33b3obo7b3o3bobo$30bobo16bobo135b3obobbo5boo32bobooboo4bobob3o
32boo13bo$29bobo15bo9bo130b3obo39bo3bobobbobbobobo37bobb3o4boo$28bobo
15bobo6boo132boobobbo3bo31b3obo5boobob3o36boobobbo5b5o$28bo16bobo6b3o
133bobbobbobbo32b3obo3bobbo40bobo4bobboboboboo$27boobo13bobo6bobo136b
oo3boo34booboo3boo40bobboobbobbo3boo$25booboo13bobo6b3o138boo38boboboo
b3obo30boo6boobboo5b4o$29boo3bo7bobo6bobo180b3obbobboo30bo9boobb4oboo$
24bo5boo9bobo6bobo181booboobbobbo29bo7bob3o3boboo$22bobo6boo7bobo6bobo
184b4o35bo4bobob4obobb3o$20bo4bo6boo5bobo6bobo187b3obo33bo4b3o3boo$21b
obobbo6boobobobo6bobo14bo174bobbo30bo4boo3b3o$20bo4bo8boo3bo6bobo15bo
208b3o4bobbo$16boo3bobboo9b4o7bo16bo210boboobobobbo$16boo3bobbo11bo8b
oobo14bo214bobobo$17bobobobo6bo4bo7booboo13boo212b3obobbo$15b3obb4o4b
oobo3bo11boo3bo7bobo213b3obo$14booboobobbo3boo3boo8bo5boo9bobo215boobo
bbo3bo$14boboboboob4o3bo9bobo6boo7bobo217bobbobbobbo$14bo6boobbo6bo5bo
4bo6boo5bobo220boo3boo$11boboobo5boob4obo8bobobbo6boobobobo79bo6bo135b
oo$11b3obo7b3o3bobo6bo4bo8boo3bo78b3o5bo$11boo13bo7boo3bobboo9b4o80b3o
4bobo45boo$13bobb3o4boo9boo3bobbo11bo83boboobboo46b3o$12boobobbo5b5o6b
obobobo6bo4bo79bo3bobo4bo44bo$11bobo4bobboboboboo4b3obb4o4boobo3bo78bo
4boo3bo45bo3bo4boo$10bobboobbobbo3boo6booboobobbo3boo3boo79bo5boob3o
44bobb4o3bo$bboo6boobboo5b4o7boboboboob4o3bo81bo4bo4b3o43bo3boo3boobo$
bo9boobb4oboo10bo6boobbo6bo79b3ob7o44bo4boobbob4obo$bo7bob3o3boboo8bob
oobo5boob4obo79boob3obboboo44bo5bo3boboboboo$bbo4bobob4obobb3o7b3obo7b
3o3bobo76bo3bobo4b3o43bo4b3obb3ob3o$3bo4b3o3boo13boo13bo80bo3boobo4boo
43bo5b3o3bobobbo$o4boo3b3o18bobb3o4boo81bo3b4obo47bo5boo6b4o4bo66bobo$
3o4bobbo19boobobbo5b5o78boob3ob4o44bo6bo4boobbo3bobboo64boboo$boboobob
obbo17bobo4bobboboboboo73bo10boboo44bo8b3obbo6booboo65bo$5bobobo18bobb
oobbobbo3boo75bobobb3ob3o3bo43bo9bo9b3o69bo$bb3obobbo10boo6boobboo5b4o
76bo5b4o48bo8bob3obobb6o64bobooboobo$3b3obo11bo9boobb4oboo78b3obbo4bo
47bo7boobb3obobboo5bo61bobb3obo$4boobobbo3bo4bo7bob3o3boboo79boboobbo
bbo47bo8boboob4ob3o4bo61b3obobobo$5bobbobbobbo5bo4bobob4obobb3o79bo4b
oo48bo12boo4boo5bo61bobbobobboobo$7boo3boo7bo4b3o3boo84bo54bo5bobobobb
obobo8bo62b3o6bobbobbo$8boo8bo4boo3b3o87bobo3boobo44bo5bobboboo4bo8bo
63bobbo6bo7boo$18b3o4bobbo89boo4b3o44bo5bobo4boobboo7bo75b5obbo$19bob
oobobobbo83boo6boboo45bo5boboo5boo9bo65b3o9bobb3obo$23bobobo84bo5b3o3b
o44bo10boo13bo79boo3bo$20b3obobbo88b5oboobo42bo6boboboboobboo7bo63bo3b
o13boo$21b3obo85bobobboobo4bo42bo6bobbobbobo10bo60booboobb5o8b4o$22boo
bobbo3bo77bobbo4bo47bo8boo4boboobo5bo60boboobobo3boo$23bobbobbobbo74bo
bbobbobboboo45bo3bo3b3o7bobo5bo60bo3bo4bob5o4boboobo$25boo3boo74bobobo
bb4oboo45boobbobbo7boobbo5bo60bo5bobobbobb3obbobboboo$26boo77bob6obboo
bo43bobboo3boo7bo3bo5bo60bo5bobob4obobobbobbobo$105bo5b3ob3o44b5o6bo4b
oobo6bo60bo12b3obboobob3o$103boobbo60bobboo5bobo6bo60bo4boo8bobobo$
104bobbo4bo48bo5b5o3bobbo7bo60bo5b5oboobbobbo$101bobb5o3boo45bo3boobbo
bbo3bobbo7bo60bo5b3obob3o3bo$101bobboobb3obobo45b3o3b4o3boobo7bo60bo5b
obobbobbo3bobb3o$101bobbo3bo4bo45bobboboo4boboobbo6bo60bo5bob5o3bo3bo
bbo$102bobboboobboo45bo3bo3bo4bobo3boo3bo60bo7booboob4obboboo$103bobb
5o46boboob3obboobboboo6bo60bo8boo3boobbo5boo$104bo5bo46bo3boo3bobobb3o
6bo60bo6bob3oboboob3o5bo$105bo51bo3boobobbobobo3b3obo60bo7b3o6b5o4bo$
106b3o48boobboo7bo4b4o60bo4bob4oboob4obo5bo$157boo7bobobobobbo61bo3boo
bb3o4bob3obo5bo$156b4obobo4bo3bobbo61b3oboobbo7boobbo5bo$155bobobobbo
bb7o3boo60b5obobboo4boo8bo$154bobb5obob3o3bobo68bo4bo4b3o6bo$153bob3o
3bo6bobbo66bo3bobobobooboo7bo$153bobo5b3o4bobobo61b4o3b7oboboo6bo$151b
4o6bob3o3bo64boobobbobb4o3boo6bo$160b9o64boboboobboobb3o4bo4bo$151bobo
6bobbo68boboo4booboboobbo6bo$148b4obo5boobo68boo3b6obbob3oboo3bo$149b
4obo3bobbo69boobb3o4b3obobb3obbo$150b4oboob3o70bo4b3o3boobo3bo3bo$151b
4o3bo76boo5bo6boobo$152b5obo73boboobobbobobobboboo$153b3o74boboboobbob
3ob3obb3o$154boo73boboboobobb4o3bo$155bo72bobobobobb3obob4o$229boo4b4o
4boboo$227b3o6bo7bo$226bobbo5boboobb3o$224bobo9bo3b3o$223bobb4o4boobo$
223boo4boob3obo$224boo4bobbobo$225boo3bobbo$226boobb3o$227boo$228boobo
$229boo!

Also oscillators of p7, p8, p9.

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x = 21, y = 51, rule = B36/S235
bboo5booboobobo$bbo4b3o3boboobo$b3obbobooboobbobobo$5bobbobobobobbobbo
$oboob3obbo3bobobobo$oobobo4boboboboboo$3bob5obobboobo$oobobo4bobobobo
boo$oboob3obbo3bobobobo$5bobbobobobobbobbo$b3obbobooboobbobobo$bbo4b3o
3boboobo$bboo5booboobobo7$12bobo$9boboboo$5boobb3o$5bobobobb3o$7bo4bo
bbo$6bobobb4o$6boobobboo$6bobobb4o$7bo4bobbo$5bobobobb3o$5boobb3o$9bob
oboo$12bobo7$13boo$12bobo$8boobbo$8boboboo$10bobbo$8bobboboboobo$8bobo
boobboobo$8bobboboboobo$10bobbo$8boboboo$8boobbo$12bobo$13boo!

EDIT!
Here's another growing ship. This one is orthogonal, one end moves at c/2 the other at c/6 in the opposite direction.

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x = 20, y = 5, rule =B36/S235
6bo$bobboo4boo4boboo$oobbobobb8oboo$bobboo4boo4boboo$6bo!

[phdanielli]

I was wondering if this rule is Turing complete and does it have a replicator in it?? I guess this is really hard since anything big almost always explode and glider synthesis is extremely difficult.

[twinb7]

I'll try to figure something out, but it'd be pretty difficult...

Isn't it true that all we need is an ANDNOT gate?

[phdanielli]

I Seriously Don't Know, I Thought For Long Yet Strangely, Inspiration Didn't Come Far Enough To Reach Me, So I'll Just Take A Guess Of I Don't Know.

[dvgrn]

I'll try to figure something out, but it'd be pretty difficult...

Isn't it true that all we need is an ANDNOT gate?

You'd only need an ANDNOT gate for universal computation, but universal construction -- or any kind of replicator -- would be something else again. All I can say is that this rule is not the first place I'd look to find a universal construction toolkit! There are only a very few two-glider collisions that do anything besides go instantly and enthusiastically out of control:

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x = 212, y = 28, rule = B36/S235
8$56bo$26bo28bo26bo119bo$25bo29b3o23bo30bo19bo18bo49bo$25b3o53b3o27bo
19bo18bo50b3o$111b3o17b3o16b3o$174bo$173bo$173b3o$165b2o$76b3o52b3o32b
2o$18b3o57bo21b3o28bo33bo$20bo27b2o27bo24bo29bo15bo49b2o$19bo27bobo51b
o45b2o49bobo$49bo97bobo48bo!

So if you find you can somehow build useful logic circuitry and construction arms and so forth out of those objects, then just possibly you have a chance.

You never know, of course -- there might be a natural replicator of some sort, or maybe there's a simple agar that allows this rule to behave like another rule entirely, similar to the way that the zebra stripes agar in Conway's Life can allow for lightspeed "negative spaceships", which is an impossible speed for a finite B3/S23 pattern in a vacuum. I'll believe that when I see it, though...!

[twinb7]

Speaking of agars, the p2 block agar:

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x = 12, y = 12, rule = B36/S235:T12,12
12o$3b3o3b3o$12o$3o3b3o$12o$3b3o3b3o$12o$3o3b3o$12o$3b3o3b3o$12o$3o3b
3o!

[twinb7]

Eppstein's glider search is finally back up, here are all the gliders listed there:

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x = 115, y = 24, rule = B36/S235
27b2o13b2obob2o13bobo16bo3bo$29bo15bo14b3ob3o12bo2bobo2bo14bobo5bobo$
18b2o7bo16b3o11b4o3b4o8bo2b2o3b2o2bo12b2obo3bob2o$3o11bob3o8bo2bo11bo
5bo9bo9bo8b2o4bo4b2o13bo2bobo2bo$o13bo3bo9bobo10b9o8b3o5b3o8b2obo2bo2b
ob2o$bo13bobo9b2ob2o10b7o13bobo17b3o18bo2bobo2bo$15b3o9b2ob2o28bo5bo
14b2ob2o17bob2ob2obo$16bo11b3o27b3o5b3o12b2ob2o20bobo$2bo55bo3bobo3bo
13bobo18b3o3b3o$2o57bobo3bobo15bo18bobo5bobo$2o58bo5bo35bo9bo$4o$3bo$
102b3o5b3o2$105bobobo$103b2o5b2o$104bobobobo$2o2b2o100bobo$4o102b3o$2o
2b2o96bob2o3b2obo$100bob2o2bobo2b2obo$101bobo2b3o2bobo$101b3o3bo3b3o!

[c0b0p0]

Tried moving it into a Generations rule, to see if maybe it would tame the explosiveness, but that seems not to be the case.
I think we should define any Virus rule as every one for which the virus is a viable spaceship.

The newly-formed BSFK rulespace tames this rule quite well, and as expected there are drastic changes. In the rule B36/S235/F6/K1, the virus is not a spaceship, but it is a spaceship predecessor, and the "Fireworks" puffer is a spaceship. This rule also has a tagalong for the Fireworks spaceship.

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x = 5, y = 4, rule = B36S235F6K1
2.A$.3A$A3.A$.A!

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@RULE B36S235F6K1


@TABLE

n_states:3
neighborhood:Moore
symmetries:permute
var a={0,2}
var b={0,1,2}
var c={b}
var d={b}
var e={b}
var f={b}
var g={b}
var h={b}
var i={a}
var j={a}
var k={b}
var l={0,1}
var m={a}
var n={a}
0,1,1,1,a,i,j,m,n,1
0,1,1,1,1,1,1,a,i,1
1,2,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,0
2,1,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,0
1,l,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2
1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0
1,1,1,1,1,1,1,b,c,0

@COLORS
1    0    0  255
2  255    0    0
3    0  255    0

[bprentice]

Consider the rule definition B36S235F6K1, the following statement from the BSFK thread and the example pattern below:

'A living cell does not die unless it has k or more destructive neighbors. If it does not have s living neighbors, it becomes a destructive cell in the next generation.'

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x = 83, y = 24, rule = B36S235F6K1
10.A9.2A8.2A8.2A8.2A8.2A8.2A7.3A$A9.A9.A9.2A8.2A8.2A8.2A7.3A7.3A$41.A
8.2A7.3A7.3A7.3A7$80.A$10.B9.2A8.2A8.2A8.2A8.2A7.A.A7.3A$B9.B9.2A8.2A
10.A6.4A8.2A8.2A5.2A.2A$40.2A8.2A7.A.A7.3A7.3A$60.A9.A9.A6$80.A$10.B
9.2A8.2A8.2A8.2A8.2A7.ABA7.3A$B9.B9.2A8.2A8.2BA6.4A7.B2A6.2B2A5.2AB2A
$40.2A8.2A7.ABA7.3A7.3A$60.A9.A9.A!

When row 1 is stepped it produces row 2. It should produce row 3.

Brian Prentice

[c0b0p0]

@bprentice: Here is the corrected rule. It's much more stable, and there are no natural spaceships.

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@RULE B36S235F6K1


@TABLE

n_states:3
neighborhood:Moore
symmetries:permute
var a={0,2}
var b={0,1,2}
var c={b}
var d={b}
var e={b}
var f={b}
var g={b}
var h={b}
var i={a}
var j={a}
var k={b}
var l={0,1}
var m={a}
var n={a}
0,1,1,1,a,i,j,m,n,1
0,1,1,1,1,1,1,a,i,1
1,2,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,0
2,1,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,0
1,l,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2
1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,2
1,1,1,1,1,1,1,b,c,2

@COLORS
1    0    0  255
2  255    0    0
3    0  255    0

[LaundryPizza03]

This rule has some very promising (2,1)c/5 partials. The longest I've found so far are:

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x = 36, y = 33, rule = B36/S235
30bo$28bobobob2o$28b3obo2bo$17bo6b2o7bo$2bob2o3bob2o4bo6bo2b4o3bo$b2o
2b4obobo2bob3ob3o11bo$3obobob5o2b3o3bo4bo2bo2bob2o$3bo2bo2b2o9bo2bo6bo
b2obo$5b4obo4b2o6bob2o5bo$2b2o2b4obo2b4o2b3o6b2o2bo$b5o3bo2b4o4bo5b3o$
2bobob2o4bo4b4o2b3o2b2o2bob2o$2b2o9bo14bobobo8$27bo$27bo7bo$17bo5b2obo
b4o2b2o$2bob2o3bob2o4bo5bo2b3o4b3o$b2o2b4obobo2bob3ob2o2b4obo4bo$3obob
ob5o2b3o3b5o4bob3o$3bo2bo2b2o9bob2o3bob2obobo$5b4obo4b2o11b3o4bo$2b2o
2b4obo2b4o2b2o2b2o8b2o$b5o3bo2b4o4bo2bob6o2b2o$2bobob2o4bo4b4o8bob2obo
$2b2o9bo17bob3o$32b2o!

EDIT: I think I know what it's going to look like.

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x = 60, y = 14, rule = B36/S235
17bo31b4obob3o$2bob2o3bob2o4bo11bo18bobo2bob5o$b2o2b4obobo2bob3o2bo5b
7o11b2o3bo3b2o2bo$3obobob5o2b3o3b3o3b2o2bo5bo4bo3b2o5b4o$3bo2bo2b2o9b
2obob2o2bo6bob5o5bo4b2ob2o$5b4obo4b2o5bobo4bobob2ob2obo7b2ob5ob2o$2b2o
2b4obo2b4o2b3obo3b2obobobo3b2obo3bo2b2obobo4bo$b5o3bo2b4o5bo2bo2bo3bob
2o2bobo2bo2b5obo6bo$2bobob2o4bo4b4obobobo3bo4b3obobo2bo4bo2b2ob5o$2b2o
9bo6bo2bo6bo3b3o3b2obob2o2bo4b2obo$21bob2o9b4o4b2obobob2o2b2ob3o$23bo
2b2o8b2o3b4ob4o2b2ob3o$25b3o10b4o4b2o3bo5b3o$39bo3bo5bobob2obob2o!

[phdanielli]

After all these years I never thought such interesting things could be found in this rule. I thought it would just be all explodey and stuff.

[LaundryPizza03]

Long partials for c/6o, better than most rules tried in B3(78)/S23(5678):

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x = 38, y = 83, rule = B36/S235
2b3o4b3o7b3o3b3o6b3o$2b3o$9b3o7b3o$2b3o5bo9bo4b3o6b3o$3bo7bo7bo5b3o6b
3o$3bo6b3o5b3o5bo8bo$3bo6b2obo3bob2o5bo8bo$3bo7b2o5b2o6bo8bo$2b3o7bo5b
o$2bob2o6b2o3b2o6b2obo4bob2o$12b3ob3o6b4o4b4o$11bo2bobo2bo6b3o4b3o$2b
2o7b2ob3ob2o6b2o6b2o$3bobo4bo2b2ob2o2bo5bobo4bobo$2b2o2bo3b2o7b2o3b2ob
o6bob2o$2bo2bo4b5ob5o4bo2bo4bo2bo$2bo10b2ob2o7bobobo2bobobo$bobo9b2ob
2o8b2o2b2o2b2o$3bobo5bo2bobo2bo6bo2b4o2bo$4o10bobo9bobob2obobo$2bo3bo
5bo5bo$3b2obo6b5o7bo10bo$2o2bo9bobo9bo8bo$2bobo7b2o3b2o6bob2o4b2obo$2b
3obo7b3o7bobo2bo2bo2bobo$2b2o8b2obob2o6b2o8b2o$2bo2bo4b2o2b3o2b2o5b2o
6b2o$3b4o4b3o3b3o7bob4obo$2b2ob2o4bo2bobo2bo8bo4bo$10b2obobobob2o7b6o$
10b2o7b2o$13b2ob2o6bob10obo$12bo5bo10bo2bo$12b7o5bo12bo$12bo5bo6b4o4b
4o$11b3o3b3o8bo4bo$12b2o3b2o8b2o4b2o$12b3ob3o7bobob2obobo$12b7o6b3o2b
2o2b3o$13bo3bo8bo8bo$10b4obob4o5b2o6b2o$10bo2bobobo2bo4bo3b4o3bo$13bo
3bo7bo10bo$11bobo3bobo5bo2b2o2b2o2bo$11bo7bo7bob4obo$13bo3bo9b2o4b2o$
13b2ob2o$14b3o9b2obo2bob2o$12bobobobo$11bo7bo8b2o2b2o$11bob5obo8bob2ob
o$10bobobobobobo9b2o$10bo2bobobo2bo7bo4bo$9b4ob3ob4o2b2ob2o4b2ob2o$9b
3ob2ob2ob3o2b2o3bo2bo3b2o$10b2o7b2o4bob2o4b2obo$10b2obobobob2o5bob2o2b
2obo$13b5o7bo2b6o2bo$10b3o5b3o4b2o2b4o2b2o$11bob2ob2obo5b2ob2o2b2ob2o$
11bo3bo3bo5bo10bo$13b5o6b2o2bo4bo2b2o$13b2ob2o6b2obo2b2o2bob2o$14bobo
10bo6bo$12b2obob2o5bo3b2o2b2o3bo$11b3obob3o4bo2b8o2bo$11b9o5bo10bo$11b
2o2bo2b2o6b10o$9b2o9b2o$9bob3obob3obo$11bo3bo3bo$9bob3o3b3obo$10b2ob2o
b2ob2o$15bo$10b2o2bobo2b2o$9bo3bobobo3bo$10b2obo3bob2o$10bob7obo$9b3o
2bobo2b3o$10bo2bobobo2bo2$13bo3bo$10b2obobobob2o!

[LaundryPizza03]

Complete c/6o:

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x = 16, y = 40, rule = B36/S235
3bo8bo$3bo8bo$3bo8bo$3bo8bo$2b3o6b3o2$2b3o6b3o$3bo8bo$3bobo4bobo$5bo4b
o$3b2obo2bob2o$5b2o2b2o3$5b2o2b2o$6b4o$2bo2bob2obo2bo$2bobobo2bobobo$b
2obob4obob2o$ob2o8b2obo$obobo6bobobo$2bo2b2o2b2o2bo$2bobo6bobo$2bob2o
4b2obo$bo2b2o4b2o2bo$b2obo6bob2o$2b2o8b2o$b3o8b3o$2b2o3b2o3b2o$4bob4ob
o$2b12o$4b2o4b2o$4b8o$5b2o2b2o$5b6o$6bo2bo$6b4o$4b8o2$5bob2obo!

[Haycat2009]

Tried moving it into a Generations rule, to see if maybe it would tame the explosiveness, but that seems not to be the case.
I think we should define any Virus rule as every one for which the virus is a viable spaceship.

It works as a generations rule when there are 4 or more states.