Please allow me to share possible (known) Skyscraper patterns as follows:
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Skyscraper (1 exemplar, up to 4 exclusions)
(2 Sashimi X-Wing)
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. +Z . | . . . | -Z / -Z
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-Z / -Z | . . . | . +Z .
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. +Z . | . . . | . +Z .
. / . | . . . | . / .
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Grouped Skyscraper (2 exemplars, up to 2 exclusions)
(Finned X-Wing) (Sashimi X-Wing)
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. +z . | . . . | . / . . +z . | . . . | . / .
. +z . | . . . | . / . . +z . | . . . | . / .
-Z +z -Z | . . . | . +Z . -Z / -Z | . . . | . +Z .
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. / . | . . . | . / . . / . | . . . | . / .
. / . | . . . | . / . . / . | . . . | . / .
. / . | . . . | . / . . / . | . . . | . / .
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. / . | . . . | . / . . / . | . . . | . / .
. +Z . | . . . | . +Z . . +Z . | . . . | . +Z .
. / . | . . . | . / . . / . | . . . | . / .
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Extended Skyscraper (4 exemplars, up to 4 exclusions)
Line Box
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. +Z . | . / . | -Z / -Z . +Z . | . . . | -Z / -Z
. / . | . / . | . / . . / . | . . . | . / .
-Z / -Z | . / . | . +Z . -Z / -Z | . . . | . +Z .
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. / . | . / . | . / . . / . | . . . | . / .
. / . | . / . | . / . . / . | . . . | . / .
. / . | . / . | . / . . / . | . . . | . / .
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. / . | . +Z . | . +Z . . / . | +z +z +z | . +Z .
. +Z . | . +Z . | . / . . +Z . | +z +z +z | . / .
. / . | . / . | . / . . / . | / / / | . / .
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Line ERI
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. +Z . | . / . | -Z / -Z . +Z . | . . . | -Z / -Z
. / . | . / . | . / . . / . | . . . | . / .
-Z / -Z | . / . | . +Z . -Z / -Z | . . . | . +Z .
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. / . | . / . | . / . . / . | / +z / | . / .
. / . | . +Z . | . +Z . . / . | +z . +z | . +Z .
. / . | . / . | . / . . / . | / +z / | . / .
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. / . | . / . | . / . . / . | / +z / | . / .
. +Z . | . +Z . | . / . . +Z . | +z . +z | . / .
. / . | . / . | . / . . / . | / +z / | . / .
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Extended Grouped Skyscraper (8 exemplars, up to 2 exclusions)
(Finned X-Wing)
Line Box
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. +z . | . / . | . / . . +z . | . . . | . / .
. +z . | . / . | . / . . +z . | . . . | . / .
-Z +z -Z | . / . | . +Z . -Z +z -Z | . . . | . +Z .
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. / . | . / . | . / . . / . | . . . | . / .
. / . | . / . | . / . . / . | . . . | . / .
. / . | . / . | . / . . / . | . . . | . / .
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. / . | . +Z . | . +Z . . / . | +z +z +z | . +Z .
. +Z . | . +Z . | . / . . +Z . | +z +z +z | . / .
. / . | . / . | . / . . / . | / / / | . / .
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Line ERI
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. +z . | . / . | . / . . +Z . | . . . | . / .
. +z . | . / . | . / . . +Z . | . . . | . / .
-Z +z -Z | . / . | . +Z . -Z +Z -Z | . . . | . +Z .
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. / . | . / . | . / . . / . | / +z / | . / .
. / . | . +Z . | . +Z . . / . | +z . +z | . +Z .
. / . | . / . | . / . . / . | / +z / | . / .
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. / . | . / . | . / . . / . | / +z / | . / .
. +Z . | . +Z . | . / . . +Z . | +z . +z | . / .
. / . | . / . | . / . . / . | / +z / | . / .
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(Sashimi X-Wing)
Line Box
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. +z . | . / . | . / . . +z . | . . . | . / .
. +z . | . / . | . / . . +z . | . . . | . / .
-Z / -Z | . / . | . +Z . -Z / -Z | . . . | . +Z .
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. / . | . / . | . / . . / . | . . . | . / .
. / . | . / . | . / . . / . | . . . | . / .
. / . | . / . | . / . . / . | . . . | . / .
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. / . | . +Z . | . +Z . . / . | +z +z +z | . +Z .
. +Z . | . +Z . | . / . . +Z . | +z +z +z | . / .
. / . | . / . | . / . . / . | / / / | . / .
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Line ERI
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. +z . | . / . | . / . . +z . | . . . | . / .
. +z . | . / . | . / . . +z . | . . . | . / .
-Z / -Z | . / . | . +Z . -Z / -Z | . . . | . +Z .
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. / . | . / . | . / . . / . | / +z / | . / .
. / . | . +Z . | . +Z . . / . | +z . +z | . +Z .
. / . | . / . | . / . . / . | / +z / | . / .
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. / . | . / . | . / . . / . | / +z / | . / .
. +Z . | . +Z . | . / . . +Z . | +z . +z | . / .
. / . | . / . | . / . . / . | / +z / | . / .
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Now thinking out of the box, what if one of the conjugate pair's endpoints, of above mentioned Skyscraper patterns, is replaced with ERIs:
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. +Z . | . . . | / +z /
. / . | . . . | / +z /
-Z / -Z | . . . | +z . +z
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. / . | . . . | . . .
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. / . | . . . | / +z /
. +Z . | . . . | +z . +z
. / . | . . . | / +z /
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. +z . | . . . | / +z /
. +z . | . . . | / +z /
-Z +z -Z | . . . | +z . +z
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. / . | . . . | . . .
. / . | . . . | . . .
. / . | . . . | . . .
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. / . | . . . | / +z /
. +Z . | . . . | +z . +z
. / . | . . . | / +z /
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. +z . | . . . | / +z /
. +z . | . . . | / +z /
-Z / -Z | . . . | +z . +z
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. / . | . . . | . . .
. / . | . . . | . . .
. / . | . . . | . . .
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. / . | . . . | / +z /
. +Z . | . . . | +z . +z
. / . | . . . | / +z /
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Note: It could be belong to the Turbot Fish family. A hybrid pattern between "Dual Linked Empty Rectangle" and "Skyscraper".
Imagine, how above mentioned patterns are extended as per relative Skyscraper extended patterns?
R. Jamil
