Spaceship flotilla

A flotilla (plural flotillae) is a spaceship composed of a number of smaller interacting spaceships. Often one or more of these is not a true spaceship (e.g. an overweight spaceship) and could not survive without the support of the others; those ships are said to be escorted by the true ships.

In addition to the XWSS flotillae described below, others involving sidecars, pushalongs, x66s and Coe ships exist.

Example

In the following example, a long overweight spaceship is being escorted by two heavyweight escorts; most of the 10-bit spark that would make it unstable is suppressed by the HWSSes, except for two cells that dissipate harmlessly.

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Standard spaceship flotillae

There are 42 flotillae of two standard spaceships (lightweight, middleweight and heavyweight); 39 of these are actual spaceships, while 3 are pseudo-spaceships.

• 1 LWSS on LWSS (a pseudo-spaceship)
• 3 LWSS on MWSS
• 8 LWSS on HWSS (including 1 pseudo-spaceship)
• 5 MWSS on MWSS
• 15 MWSS on HWSS
• 10 HWSS on HWSS (including 1 pseudo-spaceship)

name	type	comments
LWSS on LWSS	LWSS on LWSS	Catagolue: here
LWSS on MWSS 1	LWSS on MWSS	Third most common spaceship flotilla and seventh most common spaceship overall on Catagolue Catagolue: here
LWSS on MWSS 2	LWSS on MWSS	Fourth most common spaceship flotilla and eighth most common spaceship overall on Catagolue Catagolue: here
LWSS on MWSS 3	LWSS on MWSS	Sixth most common spaceship flotilla and tenth most common spaceship overall on Catagolue Catagolue: here
LWSS on HWSS 1	LWSS on HWSS	The first flotilla to occur naturally Fifth most common spaceship flotilla and ninth most common spaceship overall on Catagolue Catagolue: here	File:Lwssonhwss.png
LWSS on HWSS 2	LWSS on HWSS	Catagolue: here
LWSS on HWSS 3	LWSS on HWSS	Catagolue: here
LWSS on HWSS 4	LWSS on HWSS	Catagolue: here
LWSS on HWSS 5	LWSS on HWSS	Catagolue: here
LWSS on HWSS 6	LWSS on HWSS	Catagolue: here
LWSS on HWSS 7	LWSS on HWSS	Catagolue: here
LWSS on HWSS 8	LWSS on HWSS	Catagolue: here
MWSS on MWSS 1	MWSS on MWSS	Catagolue: here
MWSS on MWSS 2	MWSS on MWSS	Catagolue: here
MWSS on MWSS 3	MWSS on MWSS	Catagolue: here
MWSS on MWSS 4	MWSS on MWSS	Catagolue: here
MWSS on MWSS 5	MWSS on MWSS	Catagolue: here
MWSS on HWSS 1	MWSS on HWSS	Catagolue: here	File:Mwssonhwss.png
MWSS on HWSS 2	MWSS on HWSS	Catagolue: here
MWSS on HWSS 3	MWSS on HWSS	Catagolue: here
MWSS on HWSS 4	MWSS on HWSS	Catagolue: here
MWSS on HWSS 5	MWSS on HWSS	Catagolue: here
MWSS on HWSS 6	MWSS on HWSS	Catagolue: here
MWSS on HWSS 7	MWSS on HWSS	Catagolue: here
MWSS on HWSS 8	MWSS on HWSS	Catagolue: here
MWSS on HWSS 9	MWSS on HWSS	Catagolue: here
MWSS on HWSS 10	MWSS on HWSS	Catagolue: here
MWSS on HWSS 11	MWSS on HWSS	Catagolue: here
MWSS on HWSS 12	MWSS on HWSS	Catagolue: here
MWSS on HWSS 13	MWSS on HWSS	Catagolue: here
MWSS on HWSS 14	MWSS on HWSS	Catagolue: here
MWSS on HWSS 15	MWSS on HWSS	Catagolue: here
HWSS on HWSS 1	HWSS on HWSS	Catagolue: here
HWSS on HWSS 2	HWSS on HWSS	Catagolue: here
HWSS on HWSS 3	HWSS on HWSS	Catagolue: here
HWSS on HWSS 4	HWSS on HWSS	Catagolue: here
HWSS on HWSS 5	HWSS on HWSS	Catagolue: here
HWSS on HWSS 6	HWSS on HWSS	Catagolue: here
HWSS on HWSS 7	HWSS on HWSS	Catagolue: here
HWSS on HWSS 8	HWSS on HWSS	Catagolue: here
HWSS on HWSS 9	HWSS on HWSS	Catagolue: here
HWSS on HWSS 10	HWSS on HWSS	Catagolue: here

External links

• Flotilla at the Life Lexicon

• The 47 two-spaceship flotillae at Mark D. Niemiec's Life Page