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==== Before sub-forts: ====
* You were invincible locally, but the universe outside your bubble was basically 100% Swarm.
* You couldn’t win, only hold.

After sub-forts:
* You now have a way to take the fight to the swarm.
* Over VERY long timescales, you can: 1. Spawn sub-fortresses. 2. Send them out in all directions. 3. Each one: - Clears and sterilizes sectors, - Drops BHs, nukes, and atomizer sweeps, - Sets up minefields to block reinfestation. 4. Use comms with the main fortress and between sub-forts to: - Map swarm density, - Focus on the worst hot spots, - Coordinate extermination and patrols.

You still don’t get “easy victory,” because:
* The swarm is everywhere,
* Can regrow from microscopic leftovers,
* Mutates constantly.

But now, for the first time, you’ve given your side:

: 

If you keep going from here, the next logical step might be:
* Give the sub-fortresses self-replication too (they build more sub-forts),
* Or give your side a universe-wide “anti-swarm field” that your fortresses slowly project, turning off the hair-strand replication wherever they go.

That’s the kind of thing that could eventually let you actually win the infinite war, not just survive it.