After the First Age Creation would have been full of magitech production facilities (and parts of Creation now absorbed or cut off by the Wyld.)
The problems with Exalted illustrated by magitech and more so by things like the dimentions of Metagalapa is that they don't make the game measure up to it's own scale. Magitech could be the basis of a sci-fi background for Exalted considering how advanced the First Age was supposed to be. You could take this to extremes by using a BLAME! like setting where the whole world is artificial and riddled with scientific wonders. I've probably written about this before somewhere. But what's important is making magitech as advanced as it should be. For instance, Warstriders are in the rules up to 25 feet tall. But suits enabling a Exalted to battle a Behemoth should be vast. Juggernaught is half a mile tall when standing on it's hind legs. A Royal warstrider should be on a similar scale requiring vast amounts of resources and similar manufacturing facilities. Factory Cathedrals would be big enough to house them. That's the scale of a level five Manse.
Also the capabilities of them should be taken further. Compare the potency of modern technology. Obviously magitech shouldn't copy it directly since it's partially magical but it's capabilities should be similar.
