
Somewhere in the story there should be pioneers that are still alive, for all the pioneer bases with biobeds and everything, it would only make sense that there is a few pioneers still standing, whether they are still on a mission, or are surviving and trying to make the planet thiers. The planet would seem dead from humanity if there isnt any other NPC Pioneers in the storyline, Hostile or Passive, give the player a thing to fear or look forward to.

I don’t think this will fit with the story, The whole point is that they tried to make a colony and failed, and you’re finding out what happened and how to help the colonists still stored in the Cicada.
The Abandened bases, and logs, show that they got a decent start given the circumstances but the Virus makes success impossible.
I won’t downvote as its not a bad idea, but I don’t think it fits the story in its current form.