This non-fiction-styled fiction story tells the tale of Finley Fraser's time in charge of the Mercury interplanetary football team for 2134-35. Fraser arrives at a time when Mercury are struggling to evolve as a team. With the 2135 Solar System Cup qualifiers looming, can he turn their form around and build a brighter future? This story is told from the retrospective eye of Mercury journalist Naomi Gardner some three decades later.