AN: Sorry this one took me so long to get up... various thunderstorms have kept me off the computer for a few days.
At 0830 the next day all of the crewmembers found a new message waiting for them from the Admiral and Captain. Upon reading it they would see that the pair where asking every person on the ship to let them know who they did, and did not, want as neighbours on the planet. The command team requested to have this information by the end of the week, so that the living arrangements could be made. All of the houses had been made the same size, though there was enough room for expansion if the need arose.
"Once the living arrangements are made the crew can start moving their belongings," was given by Janeway, who sat with Chakotay, in her ready room, going over the layout of the colony.
"I suspect that Harry and the Paris-Torres brood won't mind being neighbours," she noted with a light shrug.
"You're probably right, we can tentatively make them neighbours, presuming they don't have any arguments with it," he noted as Kathryn input the information into the padd.
Chakotay took a look at his own padd, now containing the same information as Kathryn's. The colony was laid out in a circular pattern, with the Mess Hall and School at the center of the circle. "Though we should probably leave the rest until we get all the information in."
Janeway nodded her approval of Chakotay's assessment. "Good idea, Captain," she responded with a smile as she finished examining her padd, before setting it on the table, beside her coffee. "Where do you want to live, Captain? Near Tom and B'Elanna?"
Chakotay laughed. "Kathryn, we're going to be closer to the whole of the crew down there than we are up here," he stated. "Though I think I'd like to keep my current neighbours. Tom, B'Elanna, and you, of course," he gave with a grin.
"Hmm, I'm pretty fond of my next door neighbour as well, I think I'll ask to keep him," Janeway gave as she polished off her coffee, trying to retain a serious expression.
"If he asks for you too, you may just have a neighbour," Chakotay stated, flirting with the Admiral slightly.
It was at this point, however, that the pair where interrupted. "Kim to Admiral Janeway," her commbadge beeped, startling Kathryn slightly.
Tapping her commbadge she responded. "Janeway here, Lieutenant."
"Admiral, Alpha team is ready to transport down, we're just waiting for you and the Captain."
"Thank you, Harry, I'll tell the Captain and we'll be right there. Janeway out," she tapped her commbadge and the pair exited her ready room, only to wind up in the Transporter Room a few minutes later.
"Everything's waiting for us, Admiral," Tuvok stated, as the two stepped onto the transporter pad. "The rest of Alpha Shift is planet side as well, we just await your command."
"Thank you, Commander," Janeway turned her attention to the transporter chief. "Energize, Lieutenant," she ordered, only just getting the words out before they shimmered off the ship and onto the planet.
Once on the surface Kathryn stepped to the front of the crowd, causing the crew to fall silent. "First, I'd like to congratulate every one of you," she started. "We've completed a lost in the last month, but there's still lots of work to do before we're ready to colonize," the Admiral gave in her commanding voice. "We're going to start moving things into the Mess Hall, School House and Sickbay today, forgive the Doctor if he starts to get mad for any work done while he's not around," she gave with a chuckle before carrying on. "Next week I hope to have the crew moving their personal affects into their accommodations," that was her goal for the next week.
A subdued cheer rose from the crowd at the announcement, which Kathryn allowed to die down before she continued. "You all have your assignments. Let's get to it," she ordered, before making her way towards Chakotay.
The crew dispersed, about one third moving to the pile of things to move into the School House, another third towards the pile for the Mess Hall, and the last third to move the items belonging to Sickbay.
The crew broke for lunch at 1200 hours, having been hard at work for several hours, with frequent water breaks before then. It was an increasingly warm day, causing many of the crew to have taken off their jackets, leaving just their tank tops between them and the heat of the open air. A few of the male crew had discarded the grey tops as well, and where now attending to their work bare chested, this included Chakotay, who was proving to be quite the distraction for Kathryn, not that she was about to ask him to cover up.
B'Elanna, however, wasn't beyond making a comment. "Hey, Old Man, don't look now, but I think you're providing a distraction for some of the crew," she noted with a wink.
"What are you talking about, B'Elanna?" he questioned the engineer, genuinely curious.
"Chakotay, just in case you haven't noticed, a certain Admiral has definitely made note that you're strutting around topless," Torres gave with a laugh, causing Chakotay to turn towards Janeway, who quickly averted her eyes back to her work. Chakotay simple chuckled when he saw that and shook his head.
Kathryn, meanwhile, shook her head and returned to her work, determined to stay focused. This was achieved, with a fair bit of difficulty, for the next few hours. At that point Kathryn straightened and wiped her hand across her forehead.
"Alright, everyone prepare for beam out. I expect everyone to go visit the Doctor once you've made it to the ship," she stated before tapping her commbadge. "Janeway to Voyager."
"Voyager here, Admiral."
"Alpha Team is ready to beam up, Lieutenant," Janeway said.
"Yes, Ma'am, we'll start bringing the crew up right away," was the response she got.
"Good, Janeway out," she ended the transmission and dismissed the crew to relax while they awaited beam out.
The crew didn't have to wait long to be returned to the ship. Within half an hour the last of the Alpha Shift had been beamed aboard.
AN: This is the part where I ask you for input on the name of the planet, or, more, a vote.
The options I've come up with are 'Tierra Nueva', 'Terre Nouveau', 'Terra Nuovo', or 'Terra Novus'. Though I'm open to other suggestions.