Cheaky me, claimed another
victim willing group participant! And actually, I saw your video on Reddit (being greatly underappreciated), then your
glittering core Gif submission, which Cenxx herself was seen approving of.
I was just so impressed with the visual effect of the gem spark mosaic; the changes with it's activation are so subtle that it was really hard to tell which way the wave of activations was headed, it just seemed to shimmer...

Of course, seeing the wiring, all I can say is "thank goodness for the Grand Design!". When you say:
Sure there's no binary logic or hoiktronics involved, but even looking at it now, I'm not clear what's going on. I didn't realise initially you had 1 second timers on those gemspark lines too... So do they get to activate sometimes, just before the next bird turns them back off? (Does it give the light changes just a little bit of a chaotic edge, or just my imagination?)
There are a few other wiring features in your marvelous ship, of course. I thought the portal station conveyor hops were cute (excuse me for taking the liberty with a Gif):
Then you have up/down teleporter elevators, reminding me of
this thread (and/or others?) we've had on those. Have you looked in on the group at all before?
And you've used decorative wire bulbs, which I mistaken thought were cycling around all the colours, but are actually just alternating between read and the other 3, connected on that 4 wire bus. But now I'm wondering what kind of mesmerizing light sequence patters people here can come up with...?
Anyway. Thank you very much for indulging me. You're more than welcome to post any future wiring builds here, and also to borrow any ideas you see around for use in future projects.

I think it's really great to explore what heights of visual spectacle can be achieved with the help of mechanics, as well as the more practical (and esoteric) implementations that we tend to have on here in spades already.