The engine used at the start was discovered by me - but I bet I only REdiscovered it.
Next, the reaction is perturbed to introduce a stepping block, that causes the next "wave" to turn into a bubble, that is then perturbed by the heavyweight into a usable spark.
It was discovered at about same time as the Tri-Engine Blinker Puffer.
About the different suggested elements, I tried the glider to b one, but its intended period is greater than the glider output of my ship, and a P48 disruptor would be quite bulky to build. As a result, it becomes a rather dirty "B-stepper", that can only be killed off, not reused in any way. The other 2 suggestions were even less useful.
Oh, wait, there's also a giant-but-useless ship with the B-stepper...
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x = 301, y = 39, rule = B3/S23
167bo$165bo3bo$14b2o154bo$11b3ob2o148bo4bo$11b5o150b5o$12b3o3$22b2o23b
o23bo23bo23bo23bo122b4o$4b2o16b2o22bobo21bobo21bobo21bobo21bobo120b6o$
b3ob2o39bobo21bobo21bobo21bobo21bobo120b4ob2o$b5o34bo6bo23bo23bo23bo
23bo26b3o96b2o16b3o$2b3o30bo3b3o21b3o21b3o21b3o56bo2b2o12b2o97b5o$34bo
b2obo3bo91b3o33bob2o9b3ob2o96b3ob2o$33bo2bo4bo2bo16bo5bo17bo5bo17bo5bo
18bo3bo45b5o55b2o20b2o21b2o$16b2o16b4o4bobo16bo5bo17bo5bo17bo5bo18bo3b
o29b2o2bo12b3o52b4ob2o5b2o13bo28bo2bo$16b2o18b2o5b2o16bo5bo17bo5bo17bo
5bo18bo3bo30b2o5bo63b6o6b3o10b2o18b2o13bo$39b5o91b3o32bo5bo64b4o8b2o
28bobo10bo3bo$40b3o20b3o6b2o13b3o21b3o56bo4bo6b3o68b2o9bo16bobo13b4o$
40b2o29bo86bo14b2o6bo2bo68bo10bo15b2obo2b4o2b3o$44b2o110b2ob2o19bo3bo
52bo14bo15bo12bo2bo3b2o2b3o$43b3o29bo75b2o3b3o21b3o2bo26b2o22b3o18b3o
5bo9b2o5b3o3b2o2b3o$42bob2o27bobo75b2o18bo13bo2bo22bo2bo20bob2o17b5o6b
2o6b2o6bo13b4o$42bo24bo6bo9bo44bo40bobo12bo2bo2bo2bo9b2o4b2o2bo19b2o2b
2o16b3ob2o34bo3bo$43bo21b2obob2o11b3o9bo32bobo48b2o4bo2bo2bob3o8b2o5b
2o2bo19b4o20b2o39bo$24bo14bo2bo21bob3o3bo9bo11b3o2bo27b2obo38bo3bo5b2o
4b2o9bo15b4o20b3o40bo16bo2bo$15b3o5b4o11bo3bo20bobo2bobo14bo7bo3bo2bo
4b2o20bo2bo54b2o7b2o81bo3bo8b2o$2bo19bo2b2o11bo26bo2bo12bo2bo8b5ob2o2b
o23bo2bo63bo87bo4b3ob2o$o3bo16b2o2bo2bo9bobo2bo21bo2bo12bo2bo6bobo2bob
o2bo5b2o13b3o2bob2o15b3o9b3o9b3o104bo4bo4b5o$5bo14b2obo2bobo10bo24b4o
14bo3b2ob2o2bo4bo5bo3bo4b2o12bobo7b2o89b3o47b5o5b3o$o4bo19bo3bo10b3o
22b2o14bob4o2bo11b2o2bob2o4b2o13bo8b2o88b5o$b5o16b2obo2bo12bo39b5o3bo
2bo4b2o2b5o121b3ob2o$82b3o5bo2bobo4b3o127b2o$23bob2o65bo2bo3b2o$24bo
40bobo28b4o$45bo19bo4bo$44bobo22bo$43bo2bo20b3o$44b2o!
EDIT: Turns out, at previous ship's glider output rate, glider to B and the rotated herschel (1 and 3 in same post) can be combined into a module that eventually sends the glider in same direction it arrived from, making an infinitely extensible ship/rake (I left the rear end without a terminating MWSS so it's just an oversized rake in the following RLE)
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x = 637, y = 60, rule = B3/S23
23b5o$22bo4bo$27bo$22bo3bo$11b2o11bo$10b4o$9bo2b3o$13b2o$10b2obo$10bo
2bo119b2o$9bo2bo117b3ob2o$10b2o118b5o$29b3o99b3o$30bo217bo$30b3o213bo
3bo$251bo$246bo4bo$132bo114b5o$130b6o367bo$obo127b2o2b2o365bo3bo$2o
348b2o154bo$bo132bo104b2o2b2o102b3ob2o148bo4bo$130b2o2bo104b2o2b2o102b
5o150b5o$130b2o3bo212b3o$5b2o22b2o66b6o31bo$5b2o22b2o65bo5bo29bobo106b
2o$5bo27b2o67bo30bo107b2obo113b2o23bo23bo23bo23bo23bo122b4o$33b2o61bo
4bo141bo96b2o16b2o22bobo21bobo21bobo21bobo21bobo120b6o$98b2o237b3ob2o
39bobo21bobo21bobo21bobo21bobo120b4ob2o$6b2o329b5o34bo6bo23bo23bo23bo
23bo26b3o96b2o16b3o$3b3ob2o30b2o59bo135bo101b3o30bo3b3o21b3o21b3o21b3o
56bo2b2o12b2o97b5o$3b5o6b2o23b2o17b2o39bo134b2o134bob2obo3bo91b3o33bob
2o9b3ob2o96b3ob2o$4b3o4b3ob2o38b2ob3o38b3o133b2o24bo107bo2bo4bo2bo16bo
5bo17bo5bo17bo5bo18bo3bo45b5o55b2o20b2o21b2o$11b5o38b3ob2o6b2o63b2o75b
2o50b3o89b2o16b4o4bobo16bo5bo17bo5bo17bo5bo18bo3bo29b2o2bo12b3o52b4ob
2o5b2o13bo28bo2bo$12b3o40b2ob3o5b2o63b2o71b4ob2o48bo2b2o88b2o18b2o5b2o
16bo5bo17bo5bo17bo5bo18bo3bo30b2o5bo63b6o6b3o10b2o18b2o13bo$22b2o35b2o
74b2o67b6o49bo3bo111b5o91b3o32bo5bo64b4o8b2o28bobo10bo3bo$19b3ob2o31b
2o54bo22b2o68b4o52bobo112b3o20b3o6b2o13b3o21b3o56bo4bo6b3o68b2o9bo16bo
bo13b4o$19b5o86bo3bo207b2o52b2o29bo86bo14b2o6bo2bo68bo10bo15b2obo2b4o
2b3o$20b3o4b6o52bo29bo4bo34b3o100b2ob2o57bo4bo54b2o110b2ob2o19bo3bo52b
o14bo15bo12bo2bo3b2o2b3o$26bo5bo16b2o8b2o22bo3bo22bo4bo2bo3bo18b2o12bo
2bo42bo34b2o22bo65bo52b3o29bo75b2o3b3o21b3o2bo26b2o22b3o18b3o5bo9b2o5b
3o3b2o2b3o$32bo13b3ob2o3b4ob2o26bo22b5o7bo17b2o12bo2bo41b3o33b2o82bo5b
o51bob2o27bobo75b2o18bo13bo2bo22bo2bo20bob2o17b5o6b2o6b2o6bo13b4o$26bo
4bo14b5o4b6o22bo4bo29bo4bo75bob2o37b2o22b2o55b6o51bo24bo6bo9bo44bo40bo
bo12bo2bo2bo2bo9b2o4b2o2bo19b2o2b2o16b3ob2o34bo3bo$28b2o17b3o6b4o24b5o
30b5o4bo29b2o8b2o28b2o2b2o36b2o22b2o68bo44bo21b2obob2o11b3o9bo32bobo
48b2o4bo2bo2bob3o8b2o5b2o2bo19b4o20b2o39bo$126bo3bo28bo8b2o29b4o25b3o
103bobo23bo14bo2bo21bob3o3bo9bo11b3o2bo27b2obo38bo3bo5b2o4b2o9bo15b4o
20b3o40bo16bo2bo$131bo68b3o24b5o70bo31b2o15b3o5b4o11bo3bo20bobo2bobo
14bo7bo3bo2bo4b2o20bo2bo54b2o7b2o81bo3bo8b2o$126bo4bo95b3ob2o3b3o7b2o
12bo9b2o30bo55bo2b2o11bo26bo2bo12bo2bo8b5ob2o2bo23bo2bo63bo87bo4b3ob2o
$127b5o23bo8b2o64b2o3b5o6b2o13bobo6bobo20b2o62b2o2bo2bo9bobo2bo21bo2bo
12bo2bo6bobo2bobo2bo5b2o13b3o2bob2o15b3o9b3o9b3o104bo4bo4b5o$138b2o13b
o3bo4bo4bo67b3ob2o19bo3bo27bo2bo60b2obo2bobo10bo24b4o14bo3b2ob2o2bo4bo
5bo3bo4b2o12bobo7b2o89b3o47b5o5b3o$134b4ob2o17bo9bo23b3o43b2o19bob3obo
4bo2bo18bo2bo65bo3bo10b3o22b2o14bob4o2bo11b2o2bob2o4b2o13bo8b2o88b5o$
134b6o13bo4bo3bo5bo22b5o48b3o12b2o3bo5bo2bo18b2ob2o61b2obo2bo12bo39b5o
3bo2bo4b2o2b5o121b3ob2o$135b4o15b5o4b6o22b3ob2o46b5o46b2o122b3o5bo2bob
o4b3o127b2o$194b2o47b3ob2o3b2o105bob2o65bo2bo3b2o$246b2o2bo4bo104bo40b
obo28b4o$256bo14b3o6b4o97bo19bo4bo$250bo5bo13b5o4b6o95bobo22bo$251b6o
13b3ob2o3b4ob2o22b5o66bo2bo20b3o$273b2o8b2o22bo4bo67b2o$312bo$307bo3bo
$309bo!