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TheWayOfTheCon wrote: November 2nd, 2026, 1:09 am

ENDW wrote: November 2nd, 2026, 12:55 am

TheWayOfTheCon wrote: November 2nd, 2026, 12:44 am It looks like a Demonoid, but constructed mainly with Herschel tracks instead of glider streams. Maybe "Herscheloid" or something along those lines?

I prefer this. In fact, the purpose of my making this is to make a ship that not constructed with glider streams.
Yeah, that's what I got inspired.

I actually don't like "Herscheloid" that much because I find it clunky, that's why I said "something along those lines" because I do want the general idea to come across. Some other name ideas I have are "Trackmover" and "Herschifter" (Herschel + shifter).

NNlk05 wrote: November 2nd, 2026, 12:44 am May I propose "stick bug"?

Stick bug sounds pretty good too, and it would fit with all the bug names we give to macro-ships. The only thing that bugs me (no pun intended) though is that there aren't any "limbs" of the spaceship. Stick bugs have pretty prominent legs, and otherwise this spaceship zoomed out looks like a boring line, like Caterpillar or Centipede (though those namesake insects have a ton of little legs rather than two large pairs).

LWSSONHWSSONLWSS wrote: 19 minutes ago Cis-blocks on a snake in a piece of amber

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x = 8, y = 12, rule = B3/S23
2b2o$2b2o2$2b4o$bo4bo$ob2obobo$obob2obo$bo4bo$2b4o2$2b2o$2b2o!

Termite wrote: 16 minutes ago

LWSSONHWSSONLWSS wrote: 19 minutes ago Cis-blocks on a snake in a piece of amber

Code: Select all

x = 8, y = 12, rule = B3/S23
2b2o$2b2o2$2b4o$bo4bo$ob2obobo$obob2obo$bo4bo$2b4o2$2b2o$2b2o!

Cis-blocks on amber containing snake

x = 8, y = 12, rule = B3/S23
2b2o$2b2o2$2b4o$bo4bo$ob4obo$obo2bobo$bo4bo$2b4o2$2b2o$2b2o!

LWSSONHWSSONLWSS wrote: 13 minutes ago

Termite wrote: 16 minutes ago

LWSSONHWSSONLWSS wrote: 19 minutes ago Cis-blocks on a snake in a piece of amber

Code: Select all

x = 8, y = 12, rule = B3/S23
2b2o$2b2o2$2b4o$bo4bo$ob2obobo$obob2obo$bo4bo$2b4o2$2b2o$2b2o!

Cis-blocks on amber containing snake

Cis-blocks on amber containing table

Code: Select all

x = 8, y = 12, rule = B3/S23
2b2o$2b2o2$2b4o$bo4bo$ob4obo$obo2bobo$bo4bo$2b4o2$2b2o$2b2o!

x = 8, y = 12, rule = B3/S23
2b2o$2b2o2$2b4o$bo4bo$obo2bobo$obo2bobo$bo4bo$2b4o2$2b2o$2b2o!

Termite wrote: 10 minutes ago Cis-blocks on amber containing two dominoes

Code: Select all

x = 8, y = 12, rule = B3/S23
2b2o$2b2o2$2b4o$bo4bo$obo2bobo$obo2bobo$bo4bo$2b4o2$2b2o$2b2o!

TheWayOfTheCon wrote: 5 minutes ago

Termite wrote: 10 minutes ago Cis-blocks on amber containing two dominoes

Code: Select all

x = 8, y = 12, rule = B3/S23
2b2o$2b2o2$2b4o$bo4bo$obo2bobo$obo2bobo$bo4bo$2b4o2$2b2o$2b2o!

Ehh, kinda looks more like "Beehive siamese amber siamese beehive".

So, 'Amber' for the component, I guess? I would be alright with that name.