...Life is not easy. We have to supplement the rations we're given by hunting, fishing, and gardening in order to survive. Some of the Judges run vicious, cruel games, and some of the Judges are simply vicious and cruel by nature and inflict that on us, the blanks.
But I have also met many people on Lynx and Corvus, all of whom I would never have been able to meet otherwise, and we have formed friendships I might otherwise never have had. Even in a place like Sabra la Tau, it's possible to fine moments of peace and companionship.
No doubt if you were to talk to someone else they would have a different opinion entirely, but this is what my experience has been so far.