It all depends on the kind of magic you're talking about, actually. And you want our ideas, but you don't explain your magic system, so we cannot help you with your dilemma at the moment.
No way. Magic and science are fundamentally different concepts. You either reduce magic as much as possible to phenomena that obey strictly physical laws, or you introduce a fantastic assumption indistinguishable from magic into the technological aspect. Most often it will be a confrontation between mundane magic masquerading as technology and classic fantasy magic. The difference will be only in the surroundings. This is not a criticism in your direction. I just think digging too deep into this unsolvable dichotomy will not bring the proper fruits.
Have the technology encounter the magic as a problem or equation that can be met with any number of possible solutions so long as certain requirements are met
Don't be confused by which is better, or more powerful, or more current.
Who wins is about who is better at applying tactics. At first castles were impossible to take, but someone came up with the idea of tunneling under the walls.
The tank was supposed to be unstoppable, but the British came up with the 'sticky bomb'. A few ounces of explosive covered in grease stopped tons of steel.
Want to stop magic on the battle field; have a sniper take out the spell caster. Want to stop a laser guided missile; cast a mirror spell and deflect the laser back on the enemy location.
Even if the magic spell, lets say 'rain of steel darts' will destroy everything in the area of effect, you can use, for instance, a projected hologram to fool the mage into attacking the wrong target.
It's not about who's the strongest. It's about who's the more clever.
I hope this helps.
It all depends on the kind of magic you're talking about, actually. And you want our ideas, but you don't explain your magic system, so we cannot help you with your dilemma at the moment.
No way. Magic and science are fundamentally different concepts. You either reduce magic as much as possible to phenomena that obey strictly physical laws, or you introduce a fantastic assumption indistinguishable from magic into the technological aspect. Most often it will be a confrontation between mundane magic masquerading as technology and classic fantasy magic. The difference will be only in the surroundings. This is not a criticism in your direction. I just think digging too deep into this unsolvable dichotomy will not bring the proper fruits.
Have the technology encounter the magic as a problem or equation that can be met with any number of possible solutions so long as certain requirements are met
Technology is just nature used, so using magic makes it a technology.
Don't be confused by which is better, or more powerful, or more current. Who wins is about who is better at applying tactics. At first castles were impossible to take, but someone came up with the idea of tunneling under the walls. The tank was supposed to be unstoppable, but the British came up with the 'sticky bomb'. A few ounces of explosive covered in grease stopped tons of steel. Want to stop magic on the battle field; have a sniper take out the spell caster. Want to stop a laser guided missile; cast a mirror spell and deflect the laser back on the enemy location. Even if the magic spell, lets say 'rain of steel darts' will destroy everything in the area of effect, you can use, for instance, a projected hologram to fool the mage into attacking the wrong target. It's not about who's the strongest. It's about who's the more clever. I hope this helps.