Not really populated like you mean... obviously there are other forms of life there, but at the starting of the fic (after they've been there six years) they haven't come across anything they could communicate with.

That's about to change, though... ^_~

Mwaha! As soon as I'm finished part three of S&C... I am so starting on this one right away! :)

Ehe... assuming I don't get distracted by another AU fic idea... ^^;; But I'm really into this one, so hopefully that doesn't happen.