On a somewhat related note, as I was re-watching Broken tonight, I wondered if, when they freed Philip, they also freed a bunch of other trapped souls, and if so, could that have potentially helped to re-populate FTL a little bit?
That’s a good question. Depending on what Mulan and Aurora needed to do to get Phillip’s soul back — maybe it only worked for him and no one else. The area where Neal landed didn’t look particularly populated.