B56/S14568 (Rings 'n' Slugs)

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Aside from B457/S0123578, the second rule I've taken a closer look at is B56/S14568.

I've come to refer to this one as "rings 'n' slugs", due to the tendency of still lives to look like, well, rings or slugs: when I first looked at the xs40s from C1 soups, I was greeted by this. The name immediately suggested itself.

The rule doesn't have spaceships, but it has oscillators, and symmetric soups (e.g. D8_1) have turned up a variety of periods: 2-16, 18, 20-21, 24, 36 and 45, so far. EDIT: And 72 as well.

I personally think that D8 objects from this rule are also quite pretty.

Here's a sample ring and a sample slug, both from C1 soups, just to give an idea what still lifes in this rule look like:

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x = 13, y = 13, rule = B56/S14568
2b4o$b6o$b2o2b4o$bo4b4o$2o6b3o$2o7b3o$2o8b3o$2o9b2o$2o9b2o$3o7b2o$b3o
3b4o$2b8o$3b4o!

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x = 10, y = 14, rule = B56/S14568
o$b2o$b6o$2b6o$7b2o$8b2o$8b2o$7b3o$6b3o$5b3o$4b3o$3b3o$3b2o$2bo2bo!

And a sample p45, from a D8_1 soup:

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x = 23, y = 23, rule = B56/S14568
5b5o3b5o$3b17o$2b3o4b5o4b3o$b3o6b3o6b3o$b2o7b3o7b2o$2o7b5o7b2o$2o6b2ob
ob2o6b2o$2o5b3obob3o5b2o$2o4b2ob2ob2ob2o4b2o$3o2b5o3b5o2b3o$b5o2bo5bo
2b5o$b7o7b7o$b5o2bo5bo2b5o$3o2b5o3b5o2b3o$2o4b2ob2ob2ob2o4b2o$2o5b3obo
b3o5b2o$2o6b2obob2o6b2o$2o7b5o7b2o$b2o7b3o7b2o$b3o6b3o6b3o$2b3o4b5o4b
3o$3b17o$5b5o3b5o!