A couple reductions I found by hand to some of the steps of
xs23_32as0ggz4aid496, the most expensive xs23.
2g reduction:
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x = 67, y = 27, rule = B3/S23
62bobo$62b2o$63bo$47bobo$13bo34b2o$13bobo32bo$13b2o3$3b2o$2bo2bo7bobo$
3b2obo6b2o$3o3bo7bo33b2o$o2bobo41bo2bo2b2o10bo$3bob2o41b2o4bo9bo$2b2o
41b3o5bo10b3o$3bo41bo2bobobo$bo46bob2o$b2o44b2o$11b3o34bo$11bo34bo$12b
o33b2o3$48b2o$49b2o$48bo!
Previous component cost 9g:
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x = 74, y = 38, rule = B3/S23
7$9bo$10b2o$9b2o56bo$61bo4b2o$18bo43b2o2bobo$16b2o43b2o$8b2o7b2o37b2o
$7bo2bo44bo2bo$8b2obo44b2o$5b3o3bo41b3o$5bo2bobo42bo2bobo$8bob2o44bob
3o$7b2o11b3o32b2o4bo$8bo11bo35bo3b2o$6bo5b2o7bo32bo$6b2o3bobo40b2o$13b
o5bo$18b2o$18bobo$68bo$14b3o50b2o$16bo50bobo$15bo!
Separate 3g reduction:
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x = 18, y = 17, rule = B3/S23
8bo8bo$9b2o4b2o$4bo3b2o6b2o$5bo$3b3o2$12b2o$9bo2bo$8bobobobo$b2o6bo2b
2obo$obo7b2o3bo$2bo9bobo$12bob2o$11b2o$12bo$10bo$10b2o!
Previous component cost 7g:
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x = 108, y = 25, rule = B3/S23
2$50bo44bo$48bobo43bo$5bo43b2o36bobo4b3o$4bo49bo33b2o$4b3o46b2o33bo$11b
2o36b2o2bobo36b2o$8bo2bo33b2o2bo41bobo$2bo4bobobobo31bobobobo39bobobo
bo$2b2o4bo2b2obo31bo2b2obo34bo4bo2b2obo$bobo5b2o3bo32b2o3bo34b2o4b2o3b
o$11bobo35bobo34bobo6bobo$11bob2o34bob2o42bob2o$10b2o36b2o44b2o$11bo37b
o45bo$9bo37bo45bo$9b2o36b2o44b2o!
Edit: Also, this 1g reduction:
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x = 14, y = 22, rule = B3/S23
5bo$6b2o$5b2o3$12bo$11bo$11b3o2$7bobo$8b2o$8bo$2b2o$2bo$3b3o$3o3bo$o2b
obo$3bob2o$2b2o$3bo$bo$b2o!
The previous component apparently did not know about this 3g collision, which I found used later in the synthesis.
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x = 34, y = 31, rule = B3/S23
4$7bo$8bo$6b3o2$30bobo$30b2o$31bo3$24bo$23bo$23b3o2$19bobo$8b2o10b2o$
8bo11bo$9b3o$6b3o3bo$6bo2bobo$9bob2o$8b2o$9bo$7bo$7b2o!
Edit 2:
Finally! A way around a very expensive step that involved building a long barge and a clock. (Edit: The total improvement was 26 gliders.)
Code:
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x = 203, y = 64, rule = B3/S23
74bo$72bobo47bobo$73b2o47b2o$123bo6$64bobo$65b2o$65bo$86bo$87bo$85b3o$
10bo100bo$9bobo98bo$8bobo99b3o$8bo2b3o$9b2o3bo174bo$11bob2o175bo$11bob
o174b3o$10b2obobo5bo80bo23bo$14b2o3b2o79bobo21b2o$20b2o79b2o22b2o$2bo
89bo104bo$obo88bobo102bobo$b2o87bobo95bo6bobo$5b2o83bo2b3o93b2o4bo2b3o
$4bobo84b2o3bo91b2o6b2o3bo$6bo86bob2o101bobobo$93bobo90bo11bobobo$18b
3o71b2obo91bo9b2o2bo$18bo72bo2bo90b3o10bo$b2o16bo72b2o102bo$2b2o192b2o
$bo7b2o$8bobo176b2o$10bo177b2o$187bo5$111b3o$111bo$112bo$86b3o$88bo$
87bo8$142b2o$118b2o21b2o$117b2o24bo$119bo$69b2o$70b2o$69bo!
Old way:
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x = 477, y = 77, rule = B3/S23
11$59bo$60b2o$59b2o53bobo$114b2o$115bo$119bo$118bo$113bo4b3o$111b2o$112b
2o10bo$122b2o$123b2o3$117bo$117bobo$117b2o4$78bobo40bo$79b2o40bobo$79b
o41b2o3$77b2o4bo6bobo12bo252bo$78b2o4bo5b2o12bo254bo58bo$77bo4b3o6bo12b
3o68bobo179b3o58bobo$175b2o241b2o$176bo$87bo374bobo$14bo65bo7bo69bo57b
o52bo48bo47bo96b2o$13bobo63bobo4b3o68bobo55bobo50bobo46bobo45bobo35b2o
51b2o5bo$12bobo63bobo75bobo3bo51bobo3bo46bobo3bo42bobo3bo34bo6bobo3bo
32bo3bo48bo3bo6b2o$12bo2b3o60bo2b3o12bo59bo2b4o51bo2b4o46bo2b4o42bo2b
4o35b2o4bo2b4o33b4o49b4o6bobo$13b2o3bo60b2o3bo10bo61b2o56b2o51b2o47b2o
38b2o6b2o34b3o13bo36b3o10bo$15bob2o8bo53bob2o10b3o61bob2o54bob2o49bob
2o45bob2o44bob2o30bo2bob2o8bo37bo2bob2o$15bobo8bo54bobo75bobo55bobo7b
o42bobobo39bo4bobo33bo11bob2o33bob2o8b3o38bobobo$9bo4b2obobo6b3o51b2o
2bo73b2o2bo53b2obobo4bo42b2obobo37bobo3b2obo34bo9b2o35b2o51b2o2bo$7bo
bo8b2o63b2o76b2o57b2o4b3o44bo39b2o2bo2bo33b3o10bo36bo52bo$8b2o308b2o45b
o36bo11b2o6bo32bo$166bobo92bo103b2o35b2o9b2o6b2o32b2o$166b2o56b2o33bo
bo59b3o91bo5bobo$20bo146bo56bobo33b2o59bo34b2o$12b3o5b2o202bo39b2o56b
o34b2o$7bo6bo4bobo71b2o168bobo13b3o35b3o36bo$7b2o4bo10b3o65b2o72b2o97b
o13bo39bo$6bobo15bo69bo70b2o113bo37bo$25bo141bo2$260b2o$104b2o155b2o$
104bobo153bo$104bo$156bo12b3o$156b2o11bo$155bobo12bo$182b2o$181b2o$183b
o2$117b2o$116b2o$118bo!
Another edit:
Improved another glider from my last improvement.
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x = 172, y = 53, rule = B3/S23
112bo$113bo37bo$111b3o35b2o$150b2o6$103bo$104b2o$103b2o2$2bo$bobo$obo$
o2b3o14bobo$b2o3bo13b2o$3bob2o14bo$3bobo$2b2obo119bo$bo2bo119bobo$2b2o
119bobo14bo$123bo2b3o3b2o7bo10bobo$124b2o3bo2b2o5b3o10b2o$22b3o101bob
2o23bo$22bo103bobo$23bo101b2obo4b2o$124bo2bo5b2o$125b2o9$47b2o$46b2o$
48bo6$170bo$146bo22b2o$145b2o22bobo$145bobo$108bo$108b2o$107bobo!
Edit 5:
Two more gliders off that component.
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x = 38, y = 38, rule = B3/S23
33bo$32bo$32b3o6$bo31bo$2bo29bo$3o29b3o2$15bo$14bobo$13bobo$13bo2b3o3b
2o$14b2o3bo2b2o$16bob2o$16bobo16b2o$15b2obo4b2o10bobo$14bo2bo5b2o10bo$
15b2o11$28b2o$28bobo$28bo$5b2o$4bobo$6bo!
Engineering macro-spaceships is hard.