Along with the obvious, “oh poot, new and nastier TS tech” is the cranky hard SF side of me going, “oh poot, new and more fantasy-tech now in the story”. Not that I have a basic dislike for fantasy tech, but that it wasn’t really foreshadowed and is now thrown in to substaintially change the game. Even full-on fantasy can work if there is a inner consistancy (or establishes a consistant lack of consistancy) but, unless there is a good reason for the new reveal, it will fall into sloppy/ill-considered story-telling.
Along with the obvious, “oh poot, new and nastier TS tech” is the cranky hard SF side of me going, “oh poot, new and more fantasy-tech now in the story”. Not that I have a basic dislike for fantasy tech, but that it wasn’t really foreshadowed and is now thrown in to substaintially change the game. Even full-on fantasy can work if there is a inner consistancy (or establishes a consistant lack of consistancy) but, unless there is a good reason for the new reveal, it will fall into sloppy/ill-considered story-telling.