Photon

A photon is a spaceship moving at the speed of light. Photons are not possible in Conway's Game of Life, but they do exist in other Life-like rules, for example Seeds or Live Free or Die.

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The moon is a common photon in many B2 rules.
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gollark: I like how your spec offloads all the work onto Macron's prelude or something as if that will save you from writing it anyway.
gollark: The 8.4 spec is getting a bit complex though.
gollark: Yes, the Macron Committee has had it for ages.
gollark: It already has "end of text" and such.
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