Membership structure
This is the shape of membership, published early so nobody is surprised later. It is structure only: nothing on this page can be bought, and no prices appear anywhere on this site by deliberate decision. Pricing is published at open.
The entry point.
A full department set.
Multi-department reach.
Executive tier
Curated departments plus ShadyBot University.
All departments. The whole Empire.
Invite only. Not purchasable.
Free. Always.
Pricing is published at open, not before. Joining the waitlist creates no obligation and locks no rate; it only means you hear first when the doors open.
Plain English
This page shows the shape of Empire membership, published early so nothing is a surprise later. It is structure only: nothing on it can be bought, and no prices appear anywhere on this site by deliberate decision. The ladder runs Scout (one department), Legionnaire (a full department set), Vanguard (several sets), then the executive tiers Praetorian (a curated slate plus ShadyBot University) and Emperor (everything). Two seats sit outside the ladder: the Inner Circle, which is granted inside the community and never sold, and the ShadyBot Veterans Community, which is free permanently.
New to any of this? Read the plain-English glossary — model, agent, hallucination, backtest, edge, closing line and the rest, defined in one place.
Questions people actually ask
There are five purchasable tiers and two that are not. Scout covers one analysis department, Legionnaire a full department set, Vanguard several sets with cross-desk analysis, Praetorian a curated executive slate plus ShadyBot University, and Emperor every department and the complete Film Room. The Inner Circle is invite-only and never sold, and the ShadyBot Veterans Community is free.
No price is published yet, and that is deliberate: no figure appears anywhere on this site, and pricing publishes when the doors open rather than before. If you see a number attributed to Empire pricing anywhere, it is not from the Empire. Joining the waitlist costs nothing, creates no obligation and locks no rate — it only means you hear first.
The Inner Circle is extended access that is granted, never purchased. It is earned inside the community over time, at the owner's discretion, and it has no application form and no price by design. There is no published threshold to hit and no seat is promised. It sits outside the paid ladder entirely.
Yes. The ShadyBot Veterans Community is a dedicated wing of the platform that is free permanently — veterans ride free. Service verification happens when the doors open, not on the waitlist. It exists because the Empire is owned by a disabled U.S. Army veteran and the free wing is part of the mission rather than a promotion.
Breadth of coverage, not quality of analysis. Every tier sees the same graded public record and the same standards; what changes is how many analysis departments, daily threads, archives and Film Room shelves you can open. Scout is one department, Emperor is all of them, and the tiers between widen the slate step by step.
Membership is not purchasable yet, so there is nothing to cancel today; cancellation terms publish with pricing when the doors open. Data handling is covered on the privacy page, and a deletion request can be sent to the contact address at any time. Sign-in itself stores only a pseudonymous identifier for your messaging account.
Structure only. Nothing on this page is purchasable, no prices are published, and joining the waitlist creates no obligation and locks no rate. See the Terms and Privacy pages for the rules that apply at open.