You’ve probably seen Star Wars.

A story of laser guns, space stations, starship combat… alongside mystical powers, magic swords and space wizards.

Science Fantasy is a hybrid of fantasy elements like magic, alongside futuristic technology, or even magic themed as technology such as faster than light travel.

That’s science fantasy.

How I’m Implementing It

Archangels of Phobos begins on Christmas Day 2033.

Tech is better than you or I know today, but the improvements are incremental, not revolutionary. Just like today, nuclear fusion power is twenty years away, and good household VR is ten years away. In 2033 phone screens can be rolled up and some people love this new tech, but most people don’t care. The big tech advances are in the military, not everyday life.

Cities are a little bit bigger, but there’s not many new ones. Familiar civil society institutions exist, or have changed just a little bit (NASA and the US Space Force have merged for one).

And on the darker side – familiar national rivalries still exist, and many are just a little bit worse. War is coming, no power wants a World War yet, but no power wanted one in 1910 either.

Most litRPG goes for somewhat of a ‘fresh start’ on technology, resetting human technology or instantly obsoleting it, and making it so only those with ‘System’ powers are relevant to conflicts. This is not what I’ll do.

Technology and magic will coexist, unless contradictions between the people using them tear this unity apart.