Dragon

Dragon
x = 29, y = 18, rule = B3/S23 12bo$12b2o14bo$10bob2o5bobo4b2o$5bo3bo3b3o2bo4bo$2o3bo2bo6bobo5b3o2bo$ 2o3bob2o6bo3bobobo$2o3bo10bobo7b2o$5b2o14bo6bo$7bo12bobo$7bo12bobo$5b 2o14bo6bo$2o3bo10bobo7b2o$2o3bob2o6bo3bobobo$2o3bo2bo6bobo5b3o2bo$5bo 3bo3b3o2bo4bo$10bob2o5bobo4b2o$12b2o14bo$12bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ AUTOSTART ]] #C [[ GPS 3 ZOOM 12 TRACKLOOP 6 -1/6 0 ]]
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Pattern type	Spaceship
Number of cells	102
Bounding box	29×18
Direction	Orthogonal
Period	6
Mod	6
Speed	c/6
Speed (unsimplified)	c/6
Heat	97.3
Discovered by	Paul Tooke
Year of discovery	2000
Rules Outer-totalistic rules B3/S23 – B378/S238 Important rules Conway Life # of rules 23 = 8 Isotropic rules B3/S23-cky – B34e5cn6cen78/S234ekw5eky6-an7e8
Pattern files Plaintext dragon.cells RLE dragon.rle
Identifiers apgcode xq6_03m0m3y03m0m3zw3gn3aaaa3ng3zwu97y279uz22qggy2ggq22zxq03q22q30qzxdidy0did Pentadecathlon ID 102P6H1V0.1 Eppstein ID 18788

Dragon is a c/6 orthogonal spaceship that was discovered by Paul Tooke in April 2000. It was the first c/6 spaceship to be found. The spaceship functions by pushing two beehives forward. For almost six years all other known c/6 spaceships were flotillae involving toads and at least two dragons until Tooke found 274P6H1V0 in March 2006. It was the smallest known c/6 orthogonal spaceship until the discovery of 56P6H1V0 in 2009.

Gallery

x = 62, y = 30, rule = b3/s23 28b3o4b3o24b$4b3o4b3o14b3o4b3o10b3o4b3o4b$4b3o4b3o34b3o4b3o4b3$27b5o2b 5o23b$3b5o2b5o16bo2bo12b5o2b5o3b$7bo2bo18bo2b2o2bo14bo2bo7b$5bo2b2o2bo 15b2o6b2o11bo2b2o2bo5b$4b2o6b2o13bo10bo9b2o6b2o4b$3bo10bo11bo12bo7bo 10bo3b$2bo12bo30bo12bo2b$24b3o12b3o20b$3o12b3o3bo3b3o10b3o3b3o12b3o$b 3o10b3o3b2o5bo10bo6b3o10b3ob$3bo10bo5b2o5b3o6b3o8bo10bo3b$3b3o6b3o5bo 9bo4bo11b3o6b3o3b$6bo4bo16bo8bo12bo4bo6b$4bo8bo13bo2bo4bo2bo9bo8bo4b$ 3bo2bo4bo2bo11bo2bo6bo2bo7bo2bo4bo2bo3b$2bo2bo6bo2bo16b2o8b2o2bo2bo6bo 2bo2b$8b2o16bo2bobo2bobo2bobo10b2o8b$2bo2bobo2bobo2bo16b2o10bobo2bobo 2bobo2bo2b$8b2o17b3o6b3o3b2o8b2o8b$3b3o6b3o13bo8bo9b3o6b3o3b$4bo8bo14b o8bo10bo8bo4b$4bo8bo12bo3bo4bo3bo8bo8bo4b$2bo3bo4bo3bo10bo3bo4bo3bo6bo 3bo4bo3bo2b$2bo3bo4bo3bo9bo2bo2bo2bo2bo2bo5bo3bo4bo3bo2b$bo2bo2bo2bo2b o2bo28bo2bo2bo2bo2bo2bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 ]] Three dragons pulling two toads as flotillae (click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here

The pulled toads shown in green

Tagalongs

Dragon has sparks that can support tagalongs, that are shown below. The left one has the same frontend as a half of 56P6H1V0. The frontend of the right one reminds 114P6H1V0 and can in turn support its pushalongs.

x = 70, y = 36, rule = B3/S23 56b3o4b3o$56b3o4b3o4$55b5o2b5o$59bo2bo$21bo6bo28bo2b2o2bo$20bobo4bobo 26b2o6b2o$20bobo4bobo25bo10bo$21bo6bo25bo12bo$5b2o$2bobo15b3o4b3o22b3o 12b3o$2obo3bo12b4o2b4o11b6o6b3o10b3o$2b5o16bo2bo13bo6bo7bo10bo$9b2o9b 3ob2ob3o9bo8bo6b3o6b3o$9b2o9b2o6b2o10bo2b2o2bo10bo4bo$11bo7b2o8b2o25bo 8bo$10bo2bo22b3o10b3o3bo2bo4bo2bo$14bo3bo12bo3bo3bo8bo3bobo2bo6bo2bo$ 11bobo2bo2bo10bo2bo2bo14bo8b2o$16bo2bo10bo2bo4b2o8b2o4bo2bobo2bobo2bo$ 60b2o$19b3o6b3o24b3o6b3o$19bo10bo25bo8bo$21bo6bo27bo8bo$19b3o6b3o23bo 3bo4bo3bo$54bo3bo4bo3bo$22bob2obo25bo2bo2bo2bo2bo2bo$23bo2bo$19bob2ob 2ob2obo$19b3o6b3o2$19bobo6bobo$19bobo6bobo$17b3ob3o2b3ob3o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 ]] Dragon tagalongs (click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here

The tagalongs shown in green

See also

• 114P6H1V0

External links

• Dragon at the Life Lexicon
• Life (B3/S23) at David Eppstein's Glider Database
• Dragon at Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue
• 102P6H1V0.1 at Heinrich Koenig's Game of Life Object Catalogs