The galaxy is seemingly teeming with life, though it is often primitive and short-lived if it evolves on a planet unfortunate enough to be too close to a pulsar, black-hole, and any number of other deadly phenomena. Indeed, the universe is perhaps best described as a giant abattoir or charnel house... constantly creating new life, only to exterminate it.

A few species manage to spread beyond a single planetary body though and perhaps some of them will stand the test of time...