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>Hard scifi isn't necessarily about realistic technology. It's about technology being a central part of the plot and setting, whereas in soft scifi technology exists completely to support other parts of the setting and plot.
No, that's more like literary science fiction versus tv/movie "sci-fi." The hard vs soft science fiction divide is ALL about plausibility of the fictional science.

At least when it comes to lit, if the story's not about the science and how people react to it, then it's not science fiction at all, it's just a fantasy story with space ships as window dressing.

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How do you like your space game? Do you want hard or soft sci fi? Gracious fleets or a single ships held together by guy and hope?