B2ein3cijn4cnrwy5cnq6e/S1c2-ai3acny4anqy5c6ek8

[simsim314]

Basic helix that can be modified to move with all speeds < c/4.

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x = 32, y = 161, rule = B2ein3cijn4cnrwy5cnq6e/S1c2-ai3acny4anqy5c6ek8
19bo$20bo$19b2o3$28b3o$28bobo15$29b3o$29bobo4$11b3o$11bobo12$3o$obo5$
28b3o$28bobo15$29b3o$29bobo4$11b3o$11bobo12$3o$obo5$28b3o$28bobo15$29b
3o$29bobo4$11b3o$11bobo12$3o$obo5$28b3o$28bobo15$29b3o$29bobo4$11b3o$
11bobo12$3o$obo!

To search for higher speeds we need caterpillar script: shoot a diagonal glider into an armada of vertical gliders, hopefully get a glider output which travels faster than c/4.

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To design a spaceship - one should send a block far back with maximal speed and use an arm command to copy the conduit + send the conduit tape to the new location. This design shows the ability to move with any speed < c/4.

[dvgrn]

A tiny forerake based on dvgrns’s Tiny ship (good job, people, for shrinking the ships to that scale)...

Better not call that ship "tiny" -- these things are relative. With Moosey's hint about adding replicators, there were suddenly lots of possibilities for shrinking things down further:

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x = 216, y = 129, rule = B2ein3cijn4cnrwy5cnq6e/S1c2-ai3acny4anqy5c6ek8
160bo11bo11bo11bo2$160bo11bo11bo11bo2$160bo11bo11bo11bo$159b3o9b3o9b3o
9b3o$158b5o7b5o7b5o7b5o$157b3ob3o5b3ob3o5b3ob3o5b3ob3o$153b2obobo3bobo
3bobo3bobo3bobo3bobo3bobo3bobob2o$153b4o6b2o3b2o5b2o3b2o5b2o3b2o6b4o$
154b4o41b4o4$154b4o41b4o$153b4o6b2o3b2o5b2o3b2o5b2o3b2o6b4o$153b2obobo
3bobo3bobo3bobo3bobo3bobo3bobo3bobob2o$157b3ob3o5b3ob3o5b3ob3o5b3ob3o$
19b2o21b2o114b5o7b5o7b5o7b5o$18bo2bo20bo116b3o9b3o9b3o9b3o$18bo2bo22bo
115bo11bo11bo11bo$17bo3bo22b3o$18bo2bo22b3o4bo108bo11bo11bo11bo$18bo2b
o23b2obobo$19b2o27bobobob3o33b2o68bo11bo11bo11bo$49b3ob2obo34bo$51b2ob
obo33b2o98b2o$53bob2o133bobo$53b3o137bo$38b2o13b2o$39bo21b2ob2o11bo$
37bo23b2ob2o10b2o$35bo2bo36b3o$36b3o36b2o5$2o23b2o22b2o$3o21b3o21b3o$
4o19b4o20b4o$o2bo19bo2bo7b2o11bo2bo$4o19b4o6bobo11b4o$3o21b3o21b3o$2o
23b2o22b2o8$30bobo$30b3o2$184b2o$183b3o$183b2o$183bo8$126b2o$126bobo$
129bo2$141bo$140b2o$48bobo88b3o$48b3o24bo63b2o$14bo23bo37bo$12b2ob2o
19b2ob2o32bo$12b5o19b5o32bo$11bo5bo17bo5bo33b2o$9b2o3bo3b2o13b2o3bo3b
2o29bo2bo4b2o$9b2o7b2o13b2o7b2o6bo24bo7bo$9b2o7b2o13b2o7b2o5bobo21bo3b
o2bo$9b2o3bo3b2o13b2o3bo3b2o29bo3bo2bo$76bo4b2o$75bo$14bo23bo3$9b2o3bo
3b2o13b2o3bo3b2o34b2o$9b2o7b2o13b2o7b2o20b2o12bobo$9b2o7b2o13b2o7b2o
19b3o$9b2o3bo3b2o13b2o3bo3b2o19b2o$11bo5bo17bo5bo13b2o5bo$12b5o19b5o
14bobo$12b2ob2o16b2obo2b2o15b2o6bo$14bo49b2o$64b2o134b2o$33bobo163b3o$
53b2o144b2o$33bobo16bo2bo143bo$27bo3b2o3b2o3bo9bob2obo7bo103bo$27bo3b
2o3b2o3bo9bob2obo8bo103bo$28bo2bo5bo2bo11bo2bo8bo103bo$29b2o7b2o13b2o
4$29b2o7b2o13b2o7b2o$28bo2bo5bo2bo11bo2bo5bo2bo$27bo3b2o3b2o3bo9bo3b2o
3b2o3bo$27bo3b2o3b2o3bo9bo3b2o3b2o3bo$33bobo21bobo145bo$204b2o$33bobo
21bobo143b3o$203b2o2$33b3o21b3o7$163bo51bo$163b2o49b2o$163b2o49b2o$
164bo49bo$163b2o49b2o$163b2o49b2o$163bo51bo!
#C [[ ZOOM 2 X 30 AUTOSTART THUMBNAIL THUMBSIZE 2 TRACK -25/160 0 ]]

Remove the top right replicator and you'll get the small forerake that I sneakily edited in to a previous post.

Somebody can probably start from this and shrink the spaceship down further.

EDIT: Oh, of course. Here's a smaller backrake, at least -- can be turned into a spaceship as before, either by adding another replicator to soak up the backward L, or maybe by rephasing it to put out just one spaceship instead of two, and adjusting the replicator's location to soak up the backward G:

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x = 139, y = 76, rule = B2ein3cijn4cnrwy5cnq6e/S1c2-ai3acny4anqy5c6ek8
23b3o11b3o$24bobo9bobo16b2o$26bo9bo17bo$24bobo9bobo14bo2b3o$23b3o11b3o
13bo2b2ob2o$54b2o2bobo$54bobo$55b3o$57bo$56b2o3$83bo47bo4$80bo5bo41bo
5bo2$76bo13bo33bo13bo$76b2o11b2o33b2o11b2o$76b3o9b3o33b3o9b3o$77b2o9b
2o35b2o9b2o$4b4o11b4o$4b5o9b5o54b2o9b2o$4b5o9b5o53b3o9b3o$4b2o15b2o53b
2o11b2o$32b2o42bo13bo$31b3o$31bobo46bo5bo$4b2o15b2o8b3o2bo$4b5o9b5o9bo
bo2bo$4b5o9b5o11b2obo$4b4o11b4o10b2ob2o8b3o34bo$34b3o9bobo14$o2bo2b2o
7b2o2bo2bo16b2o2bo2bo26bobo$2o2bob2o7b2obo2b2o16b2obo2b2o28b2o$4b3o9b
3o21b3o$5bo11bo23bo34bo$4b3o9b3o21b3o$2o2bob2o7b2obo2b2o5b3o8b2obo2b2o
$o2bo2b2o7b2o2bo2bo5bobo8b2o2bo2bo5$108bo$108b2o$59b2ob2o44b3o$59b2ob
2o45b2o4$25bo11bo12b2o14b2o6b2o$23b2ob2o7b2ob2o10b2o14b3o6bo$23bo3bo7b
o3bo5b2o20b2o5b2o$45b2o21bo5$23bo3bo7bo3bo$23b2ob2o7b2ob2o$25bo11bo!
#C [[ ZOOM 4 AUTOSTART THUMBNAIL THUMBSIZE 2 TRACKLOOP 160 -25/160 0 ]]

Probably searching with a script would be a lot more efficient. Is there a way to add just one replicator to suppress both sideways spaceships from one of these units?

Here's a similar-size G forerake:

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x = 158, y = 75, rule = B2ein3cijn4cnrwy5cnq6e/S1c2-ai3acny4anqy5c6ek8
22bo27bo$22b2o25b2o$22b2o25b2o$23bo25bo$22b2o25b2o$22b2o25b2o$22bo27bo
8$52bo$51bobo4$135b2o$75b2o23b2o$74bo27bo$74bo27bo29bob3o2bo$74bo4bo
17bo4bo29bo6bo13b2o$4b2o25b2o41bo27bo31b2o2bo14b2o$3bo2bo23bo2bo40bo
27bo34bo3b2o$7bo21bo45b2o23b2o39b2o$7bo21bo$bo6bo19bo6bo94bo$7bo21bo
101bo3bo$7bo21bo101bo$3bo2bo23bo2bo97bo$4b2o25b2o99bo2bo$133b2o$34bo
121b2o$33bobo120b2o10$2b2o25b2o22b2o$bo2bo23bo2bo20bo2bo$ob2obo21bob2o
bo18bob2obo$o4bo21bo4bo18bo4bo$b2obo23bob2o20bob2o4$b2obo23bob2o20bob
2o$o4bo21bo4bo7bo10bo4bo$ob2obo21bob2obo6bobo9bob2obo$bo2bo23bo2bo20bo
2bo$2b2o25b2o22b2o25b2o$80bobo$83bo43b2o$127b3o23b2o$64b2ob2o84b3o$64b
2ob2o$57b4o$57bo2bo$57b2ob2o$51b3o4b2obo36bo$50b2obo5b2o38bo$19bo2bo2b
2o23b3o45bo$19b2o2bob2o31bo$23b3o32bo2bo$24bo22b2o10b2o$23b3o21b2o$19b
2o2bob2o$19bo2bo2b2o!
#C [[ ZOOM 3 AUTOSTART THUMBNAIL THUMBSIZE 2 TRACKLOOP 160 -25/160 0 ]]

[simsim314]

Multi directional reflector (several input lanes the same output lane):

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x = 53, y = 34, rule = B2ein3cijn4cnrwy5cnq6e/S1c2-ai3acny4anqy5c6ek8
2$26b2o12b2o$26b2o12b2o$33b2o$33b2o5$5b2o32b2o$6bo5b2o19b2o4bo6b2o$5b
2o6bo19b2o4b2o5bo$12b2o32b2o3$24b2o16b2o$24b2o16b2o5$26b2o5b2o5b2o$26b
2o5b2o5b2o6$24b2o$24b2o!

In the same lines, eater4:

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x = 48, y = 26, rule = B2ein3cijn4cnrwy5cnq6e/S1c2-ai3acny4anqy5c6ek8
3$25b2o12b2o$25b2o12b2o$32b2o$32b2o5$4b2o32b2o$5bo5b2o19b2o4bo6b2o$4b
2o6bo19b2o4b2o5bo$11b2o32b2o5$32b2o$32b2o$25b2o12b2o$25b2o12b2o!

[AforAmpere]

Tightened the repship:

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x = 139, y = 71, rule = B2ein3cijn4cnrwy5cnq6e/S1c2-ai3acny4anqy5c6ek8
21b4o23b4o$21b5o21b5o$24b2o21b2o$25b2o19b2o$26bo19bo$25b2o19b2o$24b2o
21b2o$21b5o21b5o30bo11bo11bo11bo$21b4o23b4o$51bo30bo11bo11bo11bo$51b3o
$51bobo28bo11bo11bo11bo$81b3o9b3o9b3o9b3o$80b5o7b5o7b5o7b5o$79b3ob3o5b
3ob3o5b3ob3o5b3ob3o$75b2obobo3bobo3bobo3bobo3bobo3bobo3bobo3bobob2o$
75b4o6b2o3b2o5b2o3b2o5b2o3b2o6b4o$76b4o41b4o3$3b4o23b4o$2b2o2b2o21b2o
2b2o41b4o41b4o$2bob2obo21bob2obo40b4o6b2o3b2o5b2o3b2o5b2o3b2o6b4o$2bo
2bobo21bobo2bo40b2obobo3bobo3bobo3bobo3bobo3bobo3bobo3bobob2o$2b2ob3o
21b3ob2o44b3ob3o5b3ob3o5b3ob3o5b3ob3o$80b5o7b5o7b5o7b5o$81b3o9b3o9b3o
9b3o$82bo11bo11bo11bo$2b2ob3o21b3ob2o$2bo2bobo21bobo2bo47bo11bo11bo11b
o$2bob2obo$2b2o2b2o22bo2bo48bo11bo11bo11bo$3b4o$112b3o$113b3o$114b2o6$
b4o23b4o32b4o55b3o9b3o$2o2b2o21b2o2b2o30b2o2bo2bo51bo3bo7bo3bo$ob2obo
21bob2obo30bob3o3b2o51bo11bo$o2bobo21bobo2bo30bo3b2o3bo$2ob3o21b3ob2o
30b2o46b2o$111b3o$68bobo41b3o9bo11bo$122bo3bo7bo3bo$2ob3o21b3ob2o19b2o
9b3obo55b3o9b3o$o2bobo21bobo2bo6b3o8b3obo8b3o$ob2obo21bob2obo6bobo6b3o
3b2o7b2o$2o2b2o21b2o2b2o14b2ob2o2b2o8b2o2b2o$b4o23b4o18b2o2bobo11bo$
52b4o12b2o$48b3ob4o$48b2o8$22b5o19b5o$19bo2bo3bo19bo3bo2bo4$19bo2bo3bo
19bo3bo2bo$22b5o19b5o!

[googoIpIex]

are there any ways to make slower repships?

[AforAmpere]

are there any ways to make slower repships?

Maybe some Basilisk thing could be made? AbhpzTa, we summon you!

[2718281828]

Another stable way to eat the G:

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x = 6, y = 12, rule = B2ein3cijn4cnrwy5cnq6e/S1c2-ai3acny4anqy5c6ek8
2o$2o$3bo$2bo2bo$4bo$3bobo5$4bo$3bobo!

[2718281828]

A synthesis of xq12_ouirf1z1:

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x = 26, y = 34, rule = B2ein3cijn4cnrwy5cnq6e/S1c2-ai3acny4anqy5c6ek8
9bobo$10bo5$13b2o$4bobo6b3o$4b3o$o$bo16bo$o17b2o$18b2o2$25bo$24bo$2b2o
21bo$3bo$2b2o$17b2o$17bo$17b2o2$7bo$6bobo6bo$14bobo7$4bo$3bobo!

[2718281828]

Multi directional reflector (several input lanes the same output lane):

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x = 53, y = 34, rule = B2ein3cijn4cnrwy5cnq6e/S1c2-ai3acny4anqy5c6ek8
2$26b2o12b2o$26b2o12b2o$33b2o$33b2o5$5b2o32b2o$6bo5b2o19b2o4bo6b2o$5b
2o6bo19b2o4b2o5bo$12b2o32b2o3$24b2o16b2o$24b2o16b2o5$26b2o5b2o5b2o$26b
2o5b2o5b2o6$24b2o$24b2o!

Small improvement:

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x = 39, y = 24, rule = B2ein3cijn4cnrwy5cnq6e/S1c2-ai3acny4anqy5c6ek8
18b2o12b2o$18b2o12b2o$25b2o$25b2o5$2o29b2o$bo5bo17b2o4bo6bo$2o6bo16b2o
4b2o4bo$7bo30bo3$35b2o$35b2o5$25b2o6b2o$25b2o6b2o$18b2o$18b2o!

However, the min. repeat time seems to be only 13, not 12 as for a simple splitter/reflector.

[googoIpIex]

Part of the gun:

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x = 103, y = 174, rule = B2ein3cijn4cnrwy5cnq6e/S1c2-ai3acny4anqy5c6ek8
27b2o$27b2o4$21b2o7b2o$21b2o7b2o2$16b2o$16b2o32$45bobo$46bo5$49b2o$40b
obo6b3o$40b3o$25b2o9bo$21b2o2bo4b2o5bo16bo$9b2o10b2o2b2o3b2o4bo17b2o$
9b2o43b2o2$61bo$60bo$6b2o7b2o21b2o21bo$6b2o7b2o22bo$38b2o$53b2o$53bo$
53b2o2$24b2o17bo$24b2o16bobo6bo$50bobo7$6bobo31bo$6b3o30bobo21$27b2o$
27b2o2$65b2o$65b2o$b2o21b2o7b2o$b2o21b2o7b2o2$6b2o7b2o42b2o7b2o$6b2o7b
2o42b2o7b2o4$12b2o$12b2o3$8b2o$8b2o4$5b2o7b2o$5b2o7b2o24b2o$40b2o4$37b
2o$37b2o16$24bobo$24b3o2$19b2o$19b2o2$24b2o7b2o38b2o$24b2o7b2o38b2o$
64b2o$59b2o3bo3b2o$59b2o3b2o2b2o$30b2o$13b3o14b2o$13bobo$62b2o$62b2o3$
50b2o9bo34b2o$50b2o8bo35b2o$2o59bo$2o99b2o$101b2o$5b2o7b2o$5b2o7b2o29b
2o$45b2o2$50b2o44b2o$11b2o37b2o44b2o$11b2o3$93b2o$93b2o!

I can't figure out how to get those two As.

[Naszvadi]

Replicator-based gun, P1120:

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x = 185, y = 54, rule = B2ein3cijn4cnrwy5cnq6e/S1c2-ai3acny4anqy5c6ek8
23$119b3o9b3o$118bo3bo7bo3bo$37b2o81bo11bo21b2o$37b2o115b2o$52b2o$52b
2o$35b2o83bo11bo8b2o13b2o$35b2o81bo3bo7bo3bo5b3o13b2o$119b3o9b3o2$41b
2o107b2o$41b2o107b2o!

P160, again with two barrels:

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x = 51, y = 14, rule = B2ein3cijn4cnrwy5cnq6e/S1c2-ai3acny4anqy5c6ek8
18b2o$2b2o13bo29b2o$2b2o13bo29b2o$17bo4bo9b2o$17bo14b2o$2o15bo31b2o$2o
16b2o29b2o3$6b2o35b2o$6b2o35b2o2$8bobo$9b2o!

[2718281828]

P160, again with two barrels:

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x = 51, y = 14, rule = B2ein3cijn4cnrwy5cnq6e/S1c2-ai3acny4anqy5c6ek8
18b2o$2b2o13bo29b2o$2b2o13bo29b2o$17bo4bo9b2o$17bo14b2o$2o15bo31b2o$2o
16b2o29b2o3$6b2o35b2o$6b2o35b2o2$8bobo$9b2o!

Yes, it is also in the first post.

9 cell linear growth:

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x = 28, y = 7, rule = B2ein3cijn4cnrwy5cnq6e/S1c2-ai3acny4anqy5c6ek8
27bo$26bo$27bo3$3o$3o!

[googleplex]

part of the rest of the gun

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x = 127, y = 127, rule = B2ein3cijn4cnrwy5cnq6e/S1c2-ai3acny4anqy5c6ek8
35b2o$35b2o4$32b2o7b2o$32b2o7b2o2$46b2o$46b2o10$40b3o$40bobo4$11b2o$
11b2o4$5b2o7b2o$5b2o7b2o2$2o$2o12$28b2o$28b2o4$25b2o$25b2o5b2o7b2o$32b
2o7b2o4$38b2o$38b2o2$6bo$5bobo9$18b2o$18b2o4$21b2o$5b2o7b2o5b2o$5b2o7b
2o3$117b2o$8b2o107b2o$8b2o3$74b2o30b2o12b2o$25bobo46b2o31bo12b2o$26bo
79b2o$69b2o$69b2o2$125b2o$29b2o94b2o$20bobo6b3o$20b3o51b2o44b2o$74b2o
44b2o$34bo$34b2o$34b2o44b2o$80b2o$41bo$40bo34b2o$41bo33b2o3$33b2o16b2o
$33bo17b2o$33b2o$56b2o$56b2o3$50b2o44b2o$50b2o44b2o2$101b2o$101b2o2$
45b2o$45b2o$66bo$50b2o15bo28b2o$50b2o14bo29b2o4$93b2o$93b2o!

[dvgrn]

part of the rest of the gun...

Looks like you have all the pieces except the two pesky A's, right?

It seems like those might be difficult to fit in there at the period you've chosen. As usual, it makes it a lot easier if a recipe can be found that doesn't have inputs coming in on the exact lanes that the output will need -- even if the recipe is a lot more expensive.

It might be a good idea to widen out all the loops to p320 or something like that, to give the xq12_ouirf1z1 enough time to get out of the way of the next A insertion. But if it's needed it's easy enough to increase the gun periods until the recipe works repeatably.

My first try was an edge-shooter A-gun made by turning an A with a block:

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#C edge-shooter p320 A gun made from two G-guns and an A-gun
x = 138, y = 114, rule = B2ein3cijn4cnrwy5cnq6e/S1c2-ai3acny4anqy5c6ek8
11b2o$11b2o4$5b2o7b2o$5b2o7b2o2$2o$2o13$13bobo$14bo38$78b3o$77bo3bo2$
50b2o79b2o$50b2o79b2o$65b2o49b2o$65b2o49b2o$48b2o83b2o$48b2o83b2o$77bo
3bo$78b3o$54b2o71b2o$54b2o71b2o2$18b2o$18b2o3$132b2o$21b2o109b2o$5b2o
7b2o5b2o$5b2o7b2o114b2o$130b2o3$8b2o$8b2o4$128b2o$128b2o4$55b2o74b2o$
55b2o74b2o2$50b2o$50b2o2$136b2o$136b2o$115bo$55b2o57bo16b2o$55b2o58bo
15b2o3$61b2o$61b2o2$56b2o$56b2o!

But then that turned out not to be necessary. Something like this will probably work just as well:

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#C non-edge-shooter p320 A gun made from two G guns
x = 148, y = 124, rule = B2ein3cijn4cnrwy5cnq6e/S1c2-ai3acny4anqy5c6ek8
11b2o$11b2o4$5b2o7b2o$5b2o7b2o2$2o$2o62$13bobo$13b3o3$18b2o$18b2o4$21b
2o$5b2o7b2o5b2o$5b2o7b2o4$8b2o$8b2o14$138b2o$138b2o4$65b2o74b2o$65b2o
74b2o2$60b2o$60b2o2$146b2o$146b2o$69b2o$65b2o2bo71b2o$65b2o2b2o70b2o3$
71b2o$71b2o2$66b2o$66b2o!

-- Or is there a one-loop way of making a block factory? I'm not keeping up with the technology very well.

Also I'm still kind of hoping another rule name will show up that I can vote for. There's nothing terribly wrong with "Microchips", but it would give an awful lot of false positives on a Google search. It's nice to have rule names where the word is as new as the rule.

[2718281828]

Also I'm still kind of hoping another rule name will show up that I can vote for. There's nothing terribly wrong with "Microchips", but it would give an awful lot of false positives on a Google search. It's nice to have rule names where the word is as new as the rule.

I agree. For some reason I don't like 'microchips' as well. Maybe something like 'construct' or 'constructor' could be part of the name, because the special properties useful for construction-based ships are special for this rule (even though there are engineered ships in this rule too).
Another natural candidate which is more in line with dominoplex would be something like 'blockplex' or 'blockoplex' or something related which gives the block the main role.

[dvgrn]

Maybe something like 'construct' or 'constructor' could be part of the name, because the special properties useful for construction-based ships are special for this rule (even though there are engineered ships in this rule too).
Another natural candidate which is more in line with dominoplex would be something like 'blockplex' or 'blockoplex' or something related which gives the block the main role.

"Blockonstruct"? "Bloconstructor"? "BlockUC"? "Superblock"? (Oops, no, there's already something called a superblock.) "AwesomeBlocks"?

[Freywa]

Maybe something like 'construct' or 'constructor' could be part of the name, because the special properties useful for construction-based ships are special for this rule (even though there are engineered ships in this rule too).
Another natural candidate which is more in line with dominoplex would be something like 'blockplex' or 'blockoplex' or something related which gives the block the main role.

"Blockonstruct"? "Bloconstructor"? "BlockUC"? "Superblock"? (Oops, no, there's already something called a superblock.) "AwesomeBlocks"?

How about "Cijnanqy", from its rulestring? (Pronounced "say naan-key".)

[Moosey]

Maybe something like 'construct' or 'constructor' could be part of the name, because the special properties useful for construction-based ships are special for this rule (even though there are engineered ships in this rule too).
Another natural candidate which is more in line with dominoplex would be something like 'blockplex' or 'blockoplex' or something related which gives the block the main role.

"Blockonstruct"? "Bloconstructor"? "BlockUC"? "Superblock"? (Oops, no, there's already something called a superblock.) "AwesomeBlocks"?

How about "Cijnanqy", from its rulestring? (Pronounced "say naan-key".)

Now, personally, I don’t see a problem with that other than that you need to tell people how to pronounce Cijnanqy as “say naan key”, but that definitely isn’t a name of anything else.

[dani]

I've been mentally referring to it as 'B2ein'. Maybe Einstein, because there's ein (one) common stein (stone/still life), the block.

Maybe that's a stretch.

[Moosey]

I've been mentally referring to it as 'B2ein'. Maybe Einstein, because there's ein (one) common stein (stone/still life), the block.

Maybe that's a stretch.

The biggest problem with that is that that would run into dvgrn’s problem again.

Also I'm still kind of hoping another rule name will show up that I can vote for. There's nothing terribly wrong with "Microchips", but it would give an awful lot of false positives on a Google search. It's nice to have rule names where the word is as new as the rule.

But we could do cijnstein (sine-stein) or something

[bprentice]

Maybe that's a stretch.

Not at all. 'Einstein' is an excellent suggestion!

Brian Prentice

[2718281828]

Maybe this replicator based 2-engine puffer could lead to a small (3-engine) ship:

Code: Select all

x = 40, y = 87, rule = B2ein3cijn4cnrwy5cnq6e/S1c2-ai3acny4anqy5c6ek8
6$9b3o$7b2o3b2o$7b7o11$29b3o$27b3ob3o$27b2o3b2o$7b7o13b7o$7b2o3b2o13b
2o3b2o$9b3o17b3o6$12b3o$11b2ob2o$11bo3bo$11b2ob2o$13bo15b3o$27b2o3b2o$
14bo12b7o$27b2o3b2o$13b2o12b3ob3o$13b3o13b3o$14b2o3$29b3o$27b3ob3o$27b
2o3b2o$27b7o$27b2o3b2o$29b3o$21b2o$14b3o4b2o$13bo2bo4b2o$16bo2b4o$16b
3ob2o$15b5o4$29b3o$27b2o3b2o$27b7o$16b2o9b2o3b2o$16b2o9b3ob3o$29b3o3$
29b2o$29b2o7$18bo$17bo15b2o$18bo14b2o$17bo4$26b2o$26b2o!

This block puffer is close:

Code: Select all

x = 63, y = 97, rule = B2ein3cijn4cnrwy5cnq6e/S1c2-ai3acny4anqy5c6ek8
$10bo5bo$9bo7bo$9bobo3bobo$9bo7bo$10bo5bo8$10bo5bo$9bo7bo$9bobo3bobo
11bo7bo$9bo7bo10bo9bo$10bo5bo11bo9bo$28bo9bo$29bo7bo8$29bo7bo$28bo9bo$
28bo9bo$16b2obo8bo9bo$16bob2o9bo7bo12$19b2o$19b2o4$32b2o$32b2o8$19bob
2o13b2o$19b2obo13b2o$53bo3bo$54bobo$53bo3bo$54b3o$29b2o$29b2o10$38bobo
13b3o$38b2o13bo3bo$54bobo$53bo3bo2$26b2o$26b2o7$29b2o$29b2o3$31b2o$31b
2o$31bo!

Edit1:
The block puffer can be burned by a replicator in such a way that the chain is displaced.

Code: Select all

x = 75, y = 266, rule = B2ein3cijn4cnrwy5cnq6e/S1c2-ai3acny4anqy5c6ek8
7$49b2o$49b2o23$49b2o$49b2o23$49b2o$49b2o23$49b2o$49b2o23$49b2o$49b2o
23$49b2o$49b2o23$49b2o$49b2o23$49b2o$49b2o23$49b2o$49b2o20$36b3o$34b2o
3b2o$34b7o$49b2o$49b2o12$34b7o$34b2o3b2o$36b3o14$48b2o$48b2o!

Thus, a single replicator signal can travel (without being a replicator).
This makes As:

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x = 27, y = 159, rule = B2ein3cijn4cnrwy5cnq6e/S1c2-ai3acny4anqy5c6ek8
9$17b2o$17b2o23$17b2o$17b2o23$17b2o$17b2o23$17b2o$17b2o23$17b2o$17b2o
23$17b2o$17b2o20$2b2o3b2o$3bo3bo2$2bo5bo8b2o$3b2ob2o9b2o$4b3o$2b3ob3o$
2b2o3b2o!

and the corresponding rake:

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x = 68, y = 158, rule = B2ein3cijn4cnrwy5cnq6e/S1c2-ai3acny4anqy5c6ek8
44$11b3o$9b2o3b2o$9b7o11$31b3o$29b3ob3o$29b2o3b2o$9b7o13b7o$9b2o3b2o
13b2o3b2o$11b3o17b3o6$14b3o$13b2ob2o$13bo3bo$13b2ob2o$15bo15b3o$29b2o
3b2o$16bo12b7o$29b2o3b2o$15b2o12b3ob3o$15b3o13b3o$16b2o3$31b3o$29b3ob
3o$29b2o3b2o$29b7o$29b2o3b2o$31b3o$23b2o$16b3o4b2o$15bo2bo4b2o$18bo2b
4o$18b3ob2o$17b5o4$31b3o$29b2o3b2o$29b7o$18b2o9b2o3b2o$18b2o9b3ob3o$
31b3o3$31b2o$31b2o2$49b2o7b2o$48bo2bo5bo2bo2$46bo7bo7bo$45bo2bo2bo5bo
2bo2bo$20bo24bo7bobo7bo$19bo15b2o8bo2bo2bo5bo2bo2bo$20bo14b2o9bo7bo7bo
$19bo$48bo2bo5bo2bo$49b2o7b2o2$28b2o$28b2o2$11bo3bo$12bobo$11bo3bo$12b
3o9$51b2o$51bobo2$12bo40b3obo$13bo40bob2o$14bo$15bo$20b2o$20b2o2$28b2o
$29bo$28bo!

Edit2:
And a 5-engine ship (left, min.pop 210) [for comparison the other ship right,min.pop 279]:

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x = 222, y = 204, rule = B2ein3cijn4cnrwy5cnq6e/S1c2-ai3acny4anqy5c6ek8
23$159bo3bo$20bo5bo133bobo$19bo7bo131bo3bo16bo3bo$19bobo3bobo132b3o18b
obo$19bo7bo152bo3bo$20bo5bo154b3o8$20bo5bo$19bo7bo$19bobo3bobo11bo7bo
112b3o$19bo7bo10bo9bo110bo3bo$20bo5bo11bo9bo111bobo18b3o$38bo9bo110bo
3bo16bo3bo$39bo7bo133bobo$180bo3bo$201bo5bo$138bo2bo2bo57bo3bo$139b2ob
2o59bobo$139b2ob2o19bo38b2ob2o$141bo20bo$156bo4b3o$39bo7bo104bo4bo2b3o
$38bo9bo102bobobobo2b2o$38bo9bo101bob2ob2ob3o$26b2obo8bo9bo102b2o3bo2b
2o$26bob2o9bo7bo103bo2b3o2$141bo$139b2ob2o36b2o20b2ob2o$139b2ob2o33bob
o2bo20bobo$138bo2bo2bo31bobo3bo19bo3bo$175bo4b2o19bo5bo$175bo4bo$160b
3o16bo$159bo3bo14b2o$160bobo$159bo3bo$29b2o$29b2o139b2o$171bo$170b2o2$
42b2o115bo3bo$42b2o116bobo$159bo3bo$160b3o2$202b2o$200b2obo$199bo2b2o$
199bo2bo$29bob2o13b2o152b2o$29b2obo13b2o$63bo3bo$64bobo$63bo3bo87b3o$
64b3o87bo2bo$39b2o114b3o4bo$39b2o115bo6bo$162bo$150bo12bo$150bo2bo$
152b2o$152b2o$152bo$155bo3$48bobo13b3o$48b2o13bo3bo$64bobo$63bo3bo$19b
4o3b4o$19b4o3b4o6b2o147b2o5b2o$19b3o5b3o6b2o147bo7bo$19b3o5b3o154bo9bo
$20b2o5b2o156bo7bo$185b2o5b2o4$39b2o$39b2o3$41b2o$41b2o118b2o$41bo118b
3o$159b3o5$74bo2$71bo5bo$70bo7bo$70bo7bo106b2o5b2o$71bo5bo107bo7bo$72b
2ob2o107bo9bo$74bo110bo7bo$31bo2bo150b2o5b2o$19bo13bo$19b3o9b2o$20b2o
4$74bo$72b2ob2o$71bo5bo$70bo7bo$70bo7bo96b3o$71bo5bo96b3o$174b2o$74bo$
160b7o$74bo85b3ob3o$161b2ob2o$71bo5bo84b3o$70bo7bo$70bo7bo$71bo5bo$72b
2ob2o$74bo5$62b2o$63bo$62bo$74bo$72b2ob2o$71bo5bo$70bo7bo$70bo7bo$71bo
5bo2$74bo17$174b2o$174b3o$175b3o5$162b3o$161b2ob2o$160b3ob3o$160b7o!

[googoIpIex]

sine-stein sounds good to me

[2718281828]

The block puffer can be burned by a replicator in such a way that the chain is displaced.

Code: Select all

x = 75, y = 266, rule = B2ein3cijn4cnrwy5cnq6e/S1c2-ai3acny4anqy5c6ek8
7$49b2o$49b2o23$49b2o$49b2o23$49b2o$49b2o23$49b2o$49b2o23$49b2o$49b2o
23$49b2o$49b2o23$49b2o$49b2o23$49b2o$49b2o23$49b2o$49b2o20$36b3o$34b2o
3b2o$34b7o$49b2o$49b2o12$34b7o$34b2o3b2o$36b3o14$48b2o$48b2o!

Thus, a single replicator signal can travel (without being a replicator).

A replicator based signal, that burns trough the lane of blocks in a stable manner:

Code: Select all

x = 273, y = 3037, rule = B2ein3cijn4cnrwy5cnq6e/S1c2-ai3acny4anqy5c6ek8
39$111b2o47b2o$111b2o47b2o23$111b2o47b2o$111b2o47b2o23$111b2o47b2o$
111b2o47b2o23$111b2o47b2o$111b2o47b2o23$111b2o47b2o$111b2o47b2o23$111b
2o47b2o$111b2o47b2o23$111b2o47b2o$111b2o47b2o23$111b2o47b2o$111b2o47b
2o23$111b2o47b2o$111b2o47b2o23$111b2o47b2o$111b2o47b2o23$111b2o47b2o$
111b2o47b2o23$111b2o47b2o$111b2o47b2o23$111b2o47b2o$111b2o47b2o23$111b
2o47b2o$111b2o47b2o23$111b2o47b2o$111b2o47b2o23$111b2o47b2o$111b2o47b
2o23$111b2o47b2o$111b2o47b2o23$111b2o47b2o$111b2o47b2o23$111b2o47b2o$
111b2o47b2o23$111b2o47b2o$111b2o47b2o23$111b2o47b2o$111b2o47b2o23$111b
2o47b2o$111b2o47b2o23$111b2o47b2o$111b2o47b2o23$111b2o47b2o$111b2o47b
2o23$111b2o47b2o$111b2o47b2o23$111b2o47b2o$111b2o47b2o23$111b2o47b2o$
111b2o47b2o23$111b2o47b2o$111b2o47b2o23$111b2o47b2o$111b2o47b2o23$111b
2o47b2o$111b2o47b2o23$111b2o47b2o$111b2o47b2o13$99bo$97b2ob2o$96bo5bo$
96bo5bo$97b5o6$160b2o$160b2o4$110b2o$110b2o12$97b5o$96bo5bo$96bo5bo$
97b2ob2o$99bo2$160b2o$160b2o4$110b2o$110b2o14$109bo$108bobo$107bo3bo$
108bobo$109bo50b2o$160b2o6$98b2o$98b3o$99b2o8$96b2o$96b2o6$160b2o$160b
2o6$109bo$107b2ob2o$106bo5bo$106bo5bo$107b5o11$97b2o$97b2o$160b2o$160b
2o10$107b5o$106bo5bo$106bo5bo$107b2ob2o$109bo7$97b2o$97b2o$160b2o$160b
2o12$99bo$98bobo$97bo3bo$98bobo$99bo7$109b2o49b2o$108b3o49b2o$108b2o8$
111b2o$111b2o13$99bo60b2o$97b2ob2o58b2o$96bo5bo$96bo5bo$97b5o11$110b2o
$110b2o8$160b2o$160b2o3$97b5o$96bo5bo$96bo5bo$97b2ob2o$99bo7$110b2o$
110b2o8$160b2o$160b2o5$109bo$108bobo$107bo3bo$108bobo$109bo7$98b2o$98b
3o$99b2o5$160b2o$160b2o2$96b2o$96b2o13$109bo$107b2ob2o$106bo5bo$106bo
5bo$107b5o3$160b2o$160b2o7$97b2o$97b2o12$107b5o$106bo5bo$106bo5bo$107b
2ob2o48b2o$109bo50b2o7$97b2o$97b2o14$99bo$98bobo59b2o$97bo3bo58b2o$98b
obo$99bo7$109b2o$108b3o$108b2o8$111b2o$111b2o3$160b2o$160b2o9$99bo$97b
2ob2o$96bo5bo$96bo5bo$97b5o10$160b2o$110b2o48b2o$110b2o12$97b5o$96bo5b
o$96bo5bo$97b2ob2o$99bo6$160b2o$110b2o48b2o$110b2o14$109bo$108bobo$
107bo3bo$108bobo$109bo4$160b2o$160b2o2$98b2o$98b3o$99b2o8$96b2o$96b2o
10$160b2o$160b2o2$109bo$107b2ob2o$106bo5bo$106bo5bo$107b5o11$97b2o$97b
2o5$160b2o$160b2o6$107b5o$106bo5bo$106bo5bo$107b2ob2o$109bo7$97b2o$97b
2o5$160b2o$160b2o8$99bo$98bobo$97bo3bo$98bobo$99bo7$109b2o$108b3o$108b
2o2$160b2o$160b2o5$111b2o$111b2o13$99bo$97b2ob2o$96bo5bo$96bo5bo$97b5o
58b2o$160b2o10$110b2o$110b2o12$97b5o58b2o$96bo5bo57b2o$96bo5bo$97b2ob
2o$99bo7$110b2o$110b2o12$160b2o$160b2o$109bo$108bobo$107bo3bo$108bobo$
109bo7$98b2o$98b3o$99b2o8$96b2o$96b2o62b2o$160b2o12$109bo$107b2ob2o$
106bo5bo$106bo5bo$107b5o7$160b2o$160b2o3$97b2o$97b2o12$107b5o$106bo5bo
$106bo5bo$107b2ob2o$109bo3$160b2o$160b2o3$97b2o$97b2o14$99bo$98bobo$
97bo3bo$98bobo$99bo$160b2o$160b2o5$109b2o$108b3o$108b2o8$111b2o$111b2o
7$160b2o$160b2o5$99bo$97b2ob2o$96bo5bo$96bo5bo$97b5o11$110b2o$110b2o2$
160b2o$160b2o9$97b5o$96bo5bo$96bo5bo$97b2ob2o$99bo7$110b2o$110b2o2$
160b2o$160b2o11$109bo$108bobo$107bo3bo$108bobo$109bo7$98b2o$98b3o59b2o
$99b2o59b2o8$96b2o$96b2o13$109bo$107b2ob2o48b2o$106bo5bo47b2o$106bo5bo
$107b5o11$97b2o$97b2o9$160b2o$160b2o2$107b5o$106bo5bo$106bo5bo$107b2ob
2o$109bo7$97b2o$97b2o9$160b2o$160b2o4$99bo$98bobo$97bo3bo$98bobo$99bo
7$109b2o$108b3o$108b2o6$160b2o$160b2o$111b2o$111b2o13$99bo$97b2ob2o$
96bo5bo$96bo5bo$97b5o4$160b2o$160b2o6$110b2o$110b2o12$97b5o$96bo5bo$
96bo5bo$97b2ob2o$99bo60b2o$160b2o6$110b2o$110b2o14$109bo$108bobo$107bo
3bo48b2o$108bobo49b2o$109bo7$98b2o$98b3o$99b2o8$96b2o$96b2o4$160b2o$
160b2o8$109bo$107b2ob2o$106bo5bo$106bo5bo$107b5o11$97b2o61b2o$97b2o61b
2o12$107b5o$106bo5bo$106bo5bo$107b2ob2o$109bo7$97b2o61b2o$97b2o61b2o
14$99bo$98bobo$97bo3bo$98bobo$99bo5$160b2o$160b2o$109b2o$108b3o$108b2o
8$111b2o$111b2o11$160b2o$160b2o$99bo$97b2ob2o$96bo5bo$96bo5bo$97b5o11$
110b2o$110b2o6$160b2o$160b2o5$97b5o$96bo5bo$96bo5bo$97b2ob2o$99bo7$
110b2o$110b2o6$160b2o$160b2o7$109bo$108bobo$107bo3bo$108bobo$109bo7$
98b2o$98b3o$99b2o3$160b2o$160b2o4$96b2o$96b2o13$109bo$107b2ob2o$106bo
5bo$106bo5bo$107b5o$160b2o$160b2o9$97b2o$97b2o12$107b5o$106bo5bo47b2o$
106bo5bo47b2o$107b2ob2o$109bo7$97b2o$97b2o13$160b2o$99bo60b2o$98bobo$
97bo3bo$98bobo$99bo7$109b2o$108b3o$108b2o8$111b2o$111b2o$160b2o$160b2o
11$99bo$97b2ob2o$96bo5bo$96bo5bo$97b5o8$160b2o$160b2o2$110b2o$110b2o
12$97b5o$96bo5bo$96bo5bo$97b2ob2o$99bo4$160b2o$160b2o2$110b2o$110b2o
14$109bo$108bobo$107bo3bo$108bobo$109bo2$160b2o$160b2o4$98b2o$98b3o$
99b2o8$96b2o$96b2o8$160b2o$160b2o4$109bo$107b2ob2o$106bo5bo$106bo5bo$
107b5o11$97b2o$97b2o3$160b2o$160b2o8$107b5o$106bo5bo$106bo5bo$107b2ob
2o$109bo7$97b2o$97b2o3$160b2o$160b2o10$99bo$98bobo$97bo3bo$98bobo$99bo
7$109b2o$108b3o$108b2o50b2o$160b2o7$111b2o$111b2o13$99bo$97b2ob2o$96bo
5bo57b2o$96bo5bo57b2o$97b5o11$110b2o$110b2o10$160b2o$160b2o$97b5o$96bo
5bo$96bo5bo$97b2ob2o$99bo7$110b2o$110b2o10$160b2o$160b2o3$109bo$108bob
o$107bo3bo$108bobo$109bo7$98b2o$98b3o$99b2o7$160b2o$96b2o62b2o$96b2o
13$109bo$107b2ob2o$106bo5bo$106bo5bo$107b5o5$160b2o$160b2o5$97b2o$97b
2o12$107b5o$106bo5bo$106bo5bo$107b2ob2o$109bo$160b2o$160b2o5$97b2o$97b
2o14$99bo$98bobo$97bo3bo$98bobo59b2o$99bo60b2o7$109b2o$108b3o$108b2o8$
111b2o$111b2o5$160b2o$160b2o7$99bo$97b2ob2o$96bo5bo$96bo5bo$97b5o11$
110b2o$110b2o48b2o$160b2o11$97b5o$96bo5bo$96bo5bo$97b2ob2o$99bo7$110b
2o$110b2o48b2o$160b2o13$109bo$108bobo$107bo3bo$108bobo$109bo6$160b2o$
98b2o60b2o$98b3o$99b2o8$96b2o$96b2o12$160b2o$109bo50b2o$107b2ob2o$106b
o5bo$106bo5bo$107b5o11$97b2o$97b2o7$160b2o$160b2o4$107b5o$106bo5bo$
106bo5bo$107b2ob2o$109bo7$97b2o$97b2o7$160b2o$160b2o6$99bo$98bobo$97bo
3bo$98bobo$99bo7$109b2o$108b3o$108b2o4$160b2o$160b2o3$111b2o$111b2o13$
99bo$97b2ob2o$96bo5bo$96bo5bo$97b5o2$160b2o$160b2o8$110b2o$110b2o12$
97b5o$96bo5bo$96bo5bo57b2o$97b2ob2o58b2o$99bo7$110b2o$110b2o14$109bo
50b2o$108bobo49b2o$107bo3bo$108bobo$109bo7$98b2o$98b3o$99b2o8$96b2o$
96b2o2$160b2o$160b2o10$109bo$107b2ob2o$106bo5bo$106bo5bo$107b5o9$160b
2o$160b2o$97b2o$97b2o12$107b5o$106bo5bo$106bo5bo$107b2ob2o$109bo5$160b
2o$160b2o$97b2o$97b2o14$99bo$98bobo$97bo3bo$98bobo$99bo3$160b2o$160b2o
3$109b2o$108b3o$108b2o8$111b2o$111b2o9$160b2o$160b2o3$99bo$97b2ob2o$
96bo5bo$96bo5bo$97b5o11$110b2o$110b2o4$160b2o$160b2o7$97b5o$96bo5bo$
96bo5bo$97b2ob2o$99bo7$110b2o$110b2o4$160b2o$160b2o9$109bo$108bobo$
107bo3bo$108bobo$109bo7$98b2o$98b3o$99b2o$160b2o$160b2o6$96b2o$96b2o
13$109bo$107b2ob2o$106bo5bo$106bo5bo47b2o$107b5o48b2o11$97b2o$97b2o11$
160b2o$107b5o48b2o$106bo5bo$106bo5bo$107b2ob2o$109bo7$97b2o$97b2o11$
160b2o$160b2o2$99bo$98bobo$97bo3bo$98bobo$99bo7$109b2o$108b3o$108b2o8$
111b2o47b2o$111b2o47b2o23$111b2o47b2o$111b2o47b2o23$111b2o47b2o$111b2o
47b2o23$111b2o47b2o$111b2o47b2o23$111b2o47b2o$111b2o47b2o!

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A direct L gun (no Gs and As are involved, just replicators and blocks):

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x = 87, y = 87, rule = B2ein3cijn4cnrwy5cnq6e/S1c2-ai3acny4anqy5c6ek8
39b2o$39b2o28$30b2o3b2o$30bobobobo19b2o$57bo$56bo2$56bo$57bo$56b2o3$
85b2o$85b2o6$2o$2o3$29b2o$29bo$30bo2$30bo$29bo$29b2o19bobobobo$50b2o3b
2o28$46b2o$46b2o!

Edit1:
A replicator based p80 (minimal period for replicator based oscillator):

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x = 50, y = 12, rule = B2ein3cijn4cnrwy5cnq6e/S1c2-ai3acny4anqy5c6ek8
3b4o35b4o$3bo2bo35bo2bo2$2obo2bob2o29b2obo2bob2o$o3b2o3bo29bo3b2o3bo$o
3b2o3bo9b2o18bo3b2o3bo$2obo2bob2o8bo2bo17b2obo2bob2o$18bo2bo$3bo2bo10b
o3bo20bo2bo$3b4o11bo2bo20b4o$18bo2bo$19b2o!