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These are spaceships (and a breeder) built by combining copies of
naturally-occurring puffers and replicators in various rules.

#N p300, speed 14c/300 = 7c/150 spaceship
#C Built from 2 copies of a half-replicator found by Mark Niemiec.
#O Dean Hickerson, dean.hickerson@yahoo.com (3/6/97)
x = 38, y = 17, rule = B36/S245
b4o$3bo17bo$o2bo15b2obo$o2bo15b2obo$3bo17bo$b4o4$15bobo$16bo4bobo$12bo
3bo4bobo12bo$12bo2bobo2bo3bo9b2obo$12bo2bobo2bo3bo9b2obo$12bo3bo4bobo
12bo$16bo4bobo$15bobo!

#N p1200, speed 28c/1200 = 7c/300 spaceship
#C Built from 16 copies of a half-replicator found by Mark Niemiec.
#O Dean Hickerson, dean.hickerson@yahoo.com (3/26/97)
x = 280, y = 163, rule = B36/S245
170bo$171bo$170bo16bo$127b3o38b2obo14bob2o$168b2obo14bob2o$170bo16bo$
171bo$170bo7$171bobo$170b2obo$169bo2bo15b2o$169b3o16bobo$169b3o16bobo$
169bo2bo15b2o$170b2obo$171bobo6$236bobo$170bo32bo15b2o14bo2b2o36b2o$
171bo31bo14bobo14bo3b2o34bobo$170bo16bo15bo14bobo14bo3b2o34bobo$168b2o
bo14bob2o29b2o14bo2b2o36b2o$127b3o38b2obo14bob2o46bobo$170bo16bo$171bo
$170bo6$237bo$94bo27bo27bo27bo41bo15bob2o37bo$93bob2o24bob2o24bob2o24b
ob2o38bob2o13b5o35bob2o$93bob2o24bob2o24bob2o24bob2o38bob2o13b5o35bob
2o$94bo27bo27bo27bo41bo15bob2o37bo$237bo4$4o24b4o24b4o48bo3b2o$81b2o
25bob2o2b2o$10b2o26b2o26b2o13b3o23b3o6b2o19b2o$9bobo25bobo25bobo38bobo
b2ob3o2b2o16bobo$9bobo25bobo25bobo38bobob2ob3o2b2o16bobo$10b2o26b2o26b
2o39b3o6b2o19b2o97bobo$108bob2o2b2o103b2o14bo2b2o36b2o$108bo3b2o89bo
14bobo14bo3b2o34bobo$203bo14bobo14bo3b2o34bobo$203bo15b2o14bo2b2o36b2o
$236bobo2$110bo$108b2obobo$20b2o86bo3b3o$19b4o84b2obo2bobobo$19b2o84b
2obo3bo2b4o18bo$20bo83bobo5bob4obo15b2obo$104bobo5bob4obo15b2obo$105b
2obo3bo2b4o18bo$85bo21b2obo2bobobo$85bo22bo3b3o$85bo22b2obobo$110bo15$
26bo$25bo59bo$26bobo56bo18bo$27bo57bo18bo$105b2o16bo13bo$102bob4o13b2o
bo10b2obo$102bob4o13b2obo10b2obo$105b2o16bo13bo$104bo$104bo4$241bo$
203bo15b2o12b3ob4ob2ob2o29b2o$203bo14bobo12bo3bo7bobo27bobo$203bo14bob
o12bo3bo7bobo27bobo$106bo11b2o99b2o12b3ob4ob2ob2o29b2o$10b2o26b2o26b2o
37b3o15b2o12b2o102bo$9bobo25bobo25bobo36b2o12b2o2bobo11bobo$9bobo25bob
o25bobo36b2o12b2o2bobo11bobo$10b2o26b2o26b2o13b3o21b3o15b2o12b2o$81b2o
23bo11b2o$4o24b4o24b4o3$234bo$235bo11bo$94bo27bo27bo27bo41bo14bo3bo4bo
bo30bo$93bob2o24bob2o24bob2o24bob2o38bob2o11b2o4b2o2bo3bo27bob2o$93bob
2o24bob2o24bob2o24bob2o38bob2o11b2o4b2o2bo3bo27bob2o$94bo27bo27bo27bo
41bo14bo3bo4bobo30bo$235bo11bo$234bo4$170bo2$163b2o6bob3o$161b2o7bo3bo
12bo$127b3o30bo3bo2b6obob2o8bob2o51bo$160bo3bo2b6obob2o8bob2o29b2o12b
3ob4ob2ob2o29b2o$161b2o7bo3bo12bo15bo14bobo12bo3bo7bobo27bobo$163b2o6b
ob3o27bo14bobo12bo3bo7bobo27bobo$203bo15b2o12b3ob4ob2ob2o29b2o$170bo
70bo5$169bo3b2o$169b3ob2obo$164bob2o4b3obo$164bo3b2o2b2ob3o10b2o$164b
3o4bobo14bobo$164b3o4bobo14bobo$164bo3b2o2b2ob3o10b2o$164bob2o4b3obo$
169b3ob2obo$169bo3b2o5$170bo2$163b2o6bob3o$161b2o7bo3bo12bo$160bo3bo2b
6obob2o8bob2o$127b3o30bo3bo2b6obob2o8bob2o$161b2o7bo3bo12bo$163b2o6bob
3o2$170bo!

#N 13c/170 spaceship
#C Built from 6 copies of a puffer found by Alan Hensel.
#O Dean Hickerson, dean.hickerson@yahoo.com (5/1/98)
x = 68, y = 62, rule = B368/S245
26bo$24b4o$25bo8bo$7b4o14b3o6b2o$7b4o14b3o6b2o$25bo8bo$24b4o$26bo5$11b
4o27bo$12b2o27bo$11bo2bo25bobobo$12b2o27bo2bo$41bo2bo$30bo9bobobo$41bo
$28b2o12bo4$55bo$38b2o11b2o2bo10b2o$24b4o10b2o11b2o12b3o$25b2o11b2o11b
2o12b3o$24bo2bo10b2o11b2o2bo10b2o$25b2o28bo4$50bo$18b2o29bobo$17bo2bo
10b2o15b4o2bo$18b2o11b2o8b11o2bo$17b4o10b2o8b11o2bo$31b2o15b4o2bo$49bo
bo$50bo3$21b2o12bo$34bo$23bo9bobobo$34bo2bo$5b2o27bo2bo$4bo2bo25bobobo
$5b2o27bo$4b4o27bo5$19bo$17b4o$18bo8bo$4o14b3o6b2o$4o14b3o6b2o$18bo8bo
$17b4o$19bo!

#N Breeder
#C Built from 4 copies of a puffer found by Alan Hensel.
#O Dean Hickerson, dean.hickerson@yahoo.com (5/1/98)
x = 57, y = 40, rule = B368/S245
6bo$5bo$6bo$5bob2o$5bob2o$6bo$5bo$6bo4$15bo$13b4o$14bo8bo$14b3o6b2o$
14b3o6b2o$14bo8bo$13b4o$15bo5$4o27bo$b2o27bo$o2bo25bobobo$b2o27bo2bo$
30bo2bo$19bo9bobobo$30bo$17b2o12bo4$44bo$27b2o11b2o2bo10b2o$13b4o10b
2o11b2o12b3o$14b2o11b2o11b2o12b3o$4o9bo2bo10b2o11b2o2bo10b2o$4o10b2o
28bo!

#N Period 72, speed c/4 orthogonal spaceship
#C Built from 4 copies of puffer found by Harold McIntosh.
#O Dean Hickerson, dean.hickerson@yahoo.com (5/1/98)
x = 27, y = 30, rule = B356/S23
14b2o$13bobo$11bob3o$11bo$3o8b2ob2o9b2o$4o11bo7b2obo$obo18bo4bo$bo23bo
$21bo2bo$22bo11$22bo$21bo2bo$bo23bo$obo18bo4bo$4o11bo7b2obo$3o8b2ob2o
9b2o$11bo$11bob3o$13bobo$14b2o!

#N Period 72, speed c/4 orthogonal spaceship
#C Built from 4 copies of puffer found by Harold McIntosh.  (The puffer
#C is the same as in the preceding pattern, but the rule is slightly
#C different.)
#O Dean Hickerson, dean.hickerson@yahoo.com (12/8/2000)
x = 56, y = 39, rule = B356/S238
9bo3bo13bo3bo$9bo3bo13bo3bo$9bo3bo13bo3bo15b3o$50bo$46bo3bo$15bo30bobo
3bo2bo$14b3o30bo4bo2bo$13bob3o34b4o$13b3o4b2o32bo$19b4o$20bobo2$22bo$
2bo$b2o35bo$2bo34b3o$37bobo$38b2o$5b3o$7bo2$2b3o33b2o$7bo29bobo$3o34b
3o$bob2o13bo19bo$2bo15bobobo$21b3o$14bo7b2o$21b2o$20b2o$13b3o4bo33bo$
13b4o35b4o$17bo29bo4bo2bo$46bobo3bo2bo$46bo3bo$50bo$9bo3bo13bo3bo15b3o
$9bo3bo13bo3bo$9bo3bo13bo3bo!