[quote=@Duck] Why couldn't it be magic just because you need gadgets to use it? Is Harry Potter sci-fi because they need to use wands in order to perform magic? Maybe our bodies aren't really suited to this fantastical force, but science has given us the chance to wield it (which could also add a dilemma to the plot - are we [i]meant[/i] to use it?). Magic is magic is magic, similar but different in every story that has ever used it, involving technology or not. EDIT: What does "soft" sci-fi even mean? [/quote] That's what I mean, we're doing magitech, not pure sci-fi. ^^; "Soft" sci-fi is stuff like, um... Star Wars, where it's not at all based around realism.