The Russian Legion, known also as the Boston Red Legion, enter 2010 fresh off a 2009 World Cup title, and this first episode follows them through their home training grounds in Moscow before they fly to the United States for PSP Phoenix. Cameras sit in on conditioning drills, equipment checks, and film sessions where players break down previous matches shot by shot, the kind of preparation a paintball broadcast rarely bothers to show. Social Paintball's crew gets access to team facilities and routines that had not been filmed before, with players discussing what it takes to defend a World Cup win rather than just chase one. There is no narrator standing between the team and the camera; the footage is observational, built from practice sessions and the ordinary logistics of getting a Russian team to an American tournament. It is the opening chapter of a season-long documentary, ending as the team packs up in Moscow with Phoenix, and the title defense, still ahead of them.