2 cents worth of fuzzy thinking.
Science Fiction seems to look to the past, and project that forward. Hence a need to use "fighters" to protect the future. The protagonists are usually older and had some capasity for combat (even if they don't recognize it at first).
Fantasy seems to focus on what could/should be, and the antagonists are almost always militaristic. The protagonists are usually young and independent in nature.
Yes, we all could come up with a lot of stories counter to that. But overall that's how it seems to me.
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