Trace Project (2026)

By the late 2030s, Earth’s ecosystems are unraveling at an alarming rate, pushing nations to unite under the Mars Footprints Program—a bold initiative to seed a new human outpost on the red planet. Among those chosen is Lin Jia Jun, a humble young man from Singapore’s heartland housing blocks, who unexpectedly becomes his country’s first Martian pioneer. Wired into a cutting-edge cognitive link, he broadcasts every heartbeat and raw emotion to Chen Hui Min, his steadfast partner left behind on a deteriorating Earth. But once Lin lands, the dream of a fresh start shatters: Mars is no utopia, but a stark arena where resources run thin, survival is a daily grind, and the darker edges of human ambition surface. Back home, Hui Min anchors him with silent, unwavering support. Torn between the glory of national duty and the ache for a distant home, Lin faces a haunting dilemma—does salvation lie in fleeing our broken world, or in fighting to mend the one we’ve already been given?