The Gold Team is the Establishment — the current order. The President of the United States is the de facto Captain of the Gold Team.
One of the game calendars is the Rotated Sidereal Zodiac. Its zero year starts with the inauguration of a PotUS who accepts their captainship.
So the year might be negative if 🥭 never learns of what is going on, or dismisses an offer to participate.
As author, I could reach out & try to make my machinations known to people who are likely to be affected by them in the future. Adding new people adds risk of it breaking publicly ahead of the planned time. It also might serve as a break on trying some of the more “ambitious” schemes.
For example, imagine 🥭 never found out. The idea of both avoiding the growing surveillance state & operating without the aid of those that ostensibly are the existing power structure.
Money is currently always an issue.