Wick ship
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In any CA, a wick ship is a spaceship that moves at the same speed as bits of a "vector wick" ("ant" in Ants), and consists of said "bit" and a stabilization element. In Game of Life, there are no C spaceships, therefore no wick ships for Ants. By definition, wick ships are extensible through introduction of more "bits" of the wick it is based on (such as 114P6H1V0's non-monotonic frontal part). A "puller" is a wick ship for a frontal-stabilized wick - see Lightweight spaceship for a c/2 wick that needs frontal stabilization by two "fishes" (orthogonal standard spaceships) A "pusher", on other hand, is one stabilizing the rear (114P6H1V0). This article is a stub.