It wasn't abandoned, but it was close to it -- in a sense, we were lucky we didn't arrive when it was already imploding, or worse. [there's displeasure in the tone that says, really, they would have gone with not arriving at all -- but that's a common sentiment, ironically] There wasn't much to usurp, so we used what we had on hand.

[The bush has seen worse days, but it has also certainly seen better ones. Businesslike:]

I always have a process. It's a simple test: this place's capacity, how long and how well that capacity can be maintained with this group in play. The more people we have to work with, the more different superhuman abilities and their interactions can begin to affect the island.