...but, yes, there are standards. (I don't know, are there?)

The requirements are essentially: Able to serve some purpose within the PPC, willingness to not burn the Flowers, and willingness to get horribly killed in some fashion (For the action departments, at least). I doubt the PPC would put a six/seven year old in the literal line of fire, but if they happen to be a math genius or something, well, there's always room in finance!

So, no, I would not say there is an age requirement for joining the PPC proper, considering that virtually every department is short-staffed. Look at WWII, the US started recruiting little kids to collect scrap and do other odd jobs. Unless you count tetanus, it's a non-dangerous job. I doubt the PPC would reject volunteer help, even from a child (Depending on the job, of course.)

This actually ties into another discussion I saw once, about the minimum drinking age in HQ. The general consensus (Last I checked) was that anyone old enough to fight is old enough to drink.

I mean with so many species being a part of PPC I'm sure that would be taken into consideration with any possible minimum age.
I mean take for example the Gem vs Human life spans in Steven Universe. They've all lived through most of human history and to them childhood can last hundreds of years compared to the traditional child until 18 years old in American culture.

"Will this have the PGs or other boarders running in one direction or the other?"

That's the only real requirement. You could have an agent be a block of cheese if you chose as long as you could make it work.

I know that, because they have before on this exact question.

But no. We've had baseline human agents recruited as young as 11 before now. There is a long, long tradition of people sometimes writing agents the same age as themselves, which even by July's stringent requirement that everyone (lie and claim to) be 13 before joining the Board, means you can have agents who are too young to even be thinking about university.

Also: yes, they have to show 'qualities... of a certain standard'. They have to be willing to join the PPC. That's about it. ;)

hS

I think the only requirement is, 'don't be OP'

We have agents that are former Sues, underage... yeah, I don't think this chaotic bunch of merry misfits (AKA the PPC) has a lot of requirements for its employees :P