Copperhead
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| Pattern type | Spaceship | ||||||||
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| Number of cells | 28 | ||||||||
| Bounding box | 6 × 12 | ||||||||
| Direction | Orthogonal | ||||||||
| Period | 10 (mod: Unknown) | ||||||||
| Speed | c/10 | Unknown | ||||||||
| Heat | 27.8 | ||||||||
| Kinetic symmetry | Unspecified | ||||||||
| Discovered by | zdr | ||||||||
| Year of discovery | 2016 | ||||||||
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Copperhead is a c/10 orthogonal spaceship discovered by 'zdr' on March 5, 2016.[1]
The first synthesis was proposed by Aidan F. Pierce on the day of discovery. An alternative synthesis utilising fumarole as a predecessor, presented by Tanner Jacobi an hour later, was much more efficient. After optimizations by Mark Niemiec and Chris Cain the total synthesis cost made 22 gliders.
The ship hauls a block behind it, which makes for interesting reactions involving other ships. Dean Hickerson built a sawtooth that uses copperhead's ability to turn a heavyweight spaceship into a loaf.[2] It can also eat gliders and middleweight spaceships cleanly from behind.
A copperhead gun was completed by Alexey Nigin on March 6, 2016.[3] A faster gun was constructed one day later.[4]
On March 20, 2016, a tagalong was found. This tagalong had the capacity to be attached to two other identical talaglong, thus allowing for ships of arbitrary size. 30 minutes later, the tagalong allowed to build the first c/10 rake, with 12 copperheads with tagalongs.
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See also
References
- ↑ zdr (March 5, 2016). "is this c/10 spaceship known?". Retrieved on March 5, 2016.
- ↑ Dean Hickerson (6 March, 2016). "Re: is this c/10 spaceship known?".
- ↑ Alexey Nigin (March 6, 2016). "Re: is this c/10 spaceship known?". Retrieved on March 6, 2016.
- ↑ gmc_nxtman (7 March, 2016). "Re: is this c/10 spaceship known?". Retrieved on 8 March, 2016.
External links
- Alexey Nigin: New Spaceship Speed in Conway’s Game of Life