Take my love, take my land
Take me where I cannot stand
I don't care, I'm still free
You can't take the sky from me.
-"The Ballad of Serenity (Firefly theme song)" by Sonny Rhodes
His people had been driven from their lands long ago. Forced to move on and stay where others told them to. Finally, they had left Earth, looking for a place to call their own. A place of their own choosing. Now once again his people were told they had to move from the land that they had made their own. Leave the lives and homes they had built behind and start over once again.
His people were done being forced to move on. This time they were fighting back.
For Chakotay that meant that once again he had a decision to make - did he stay with Starfleet or did he rejoin his people.
He had already disappointed his father once by joining the Academy. Could he do it again? Could he not only let his people fight this battle alone but fight against them as they protected their home.
Chakotay looked out into the stars beyond the viewport and knew their was only one answer. Turning from the stars, he walked over to his desk and sent the resignation that he had already wrote.