What happened to it all?
Mass extinction?
I've noticed birds, giant bat thingies,various bugs and those dragons on Venus, but not once have I seen, say a Deer burst through a field after I've landed on the planet, or fish in the water or streams.
And certainly no predators.
If they added things like that I think it'd really make the "destroyed and abandoned" style of this game pop.
On a side note, creating a vast tundra or plains region filled with slightly evolved versions of Rhinos, lions, elephants,bears, etc would be a rather emersive experience.
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There are no indigenous species to any planet but Earth. The Traveler terraformed the other planets in our solar system, which means very basic plant life and microorganisms were artificially planted in order to promote a livable atmosphere. Also, it wasn't billions of years ago so saying "but evolution derp" doesn't work.