Here have a seventeen foot long, multi-colored, wool, knit scarf (curly wig not included), and a bag of jelly babies.

Use them IRresponsibly!

I see everyone else has already given you ample resources to answer your questions.

Welcome! I gift you with a coxcomb, which is a silly sort of hat.

Hello! I see Neshomeh came through, so I'm assuming you have your links (xie is an angel about posting them), and I'm new enough to be sorta useless anyway, but have a big cookie and a magician's top hat to keep things in. (I don't recommend putting it on...)

Hello and Welcome to the PPC Posting Boards! Have some chocolate, won't you?

Welcome to the Board! Please deposit your sanity in the provided receptacle. *indicates bucket marked "Warg Fodder"* You shan't need it. Here's some pocky, too.

And a new question, now. Is an Agent allowed to work for multiple departments? Failing that, can I submit characters to
several departments?

*pokes*

I am indeed seconding everything July said, but I will add that the very first thing you should do is to read the Original Series. Yes, all of it. It's, well, the original PPC series. That is what started it all. Everything we do is based on it and merely attempts to do it homage. In essence, it is our canon, and everything else is optional.

I'm glad to see that you found and read the Constitution on your own. Sometimes people miss it. Kudos! *gives snack bars*

And, of course, welcome. {= D

~Neshomeh

Welcome to the PPC! Here's a Glitter-proof shield from the Raven Armory (it can't be Suefied and it can act as a back-up wall to block out the sight of Bad Things). Also, here is a bottle of bleeprin. I can't help much with the links you need, but I think others have it sorted out somewhat, anyway.

What's your favorite venomous arthropod? I'm sure I have one in the gift sack here for you...

Welcome! Here is a pocket-watch with the power to make you incredibly distracted.

What were we talking about again?

Im fairly new (very much so) as well. Welcome to the PPC. Enjoy your stay! Since you are wanting to be an Assassin, here is somehting useful. An Imperial Sardukar knife. I have no freeman blades handy, sorry, but this should be sufficient should you ever be hunting a Dune Mary Sue. Happy Hunting!

It is trained as a guard Tribble, so be careful, it bites!

As a fairly newbie I welcome you to the board, have a stuffed Emu. You never know when it may come in handy.

Hi, Kallisti!

I'm guessing you found us through the Wikia advertisement thing? Or elsewise? Please tell, we're curious. Welcome. ^^

Okay, number the one:

While the Constitution does say it can be signed, in reality it hasn't had any new signatures added to it for a few years now. Since P@L's site, the Oddlots one has gone down, and we've rehosted the Constitution elsewhere, we can in theory add to it once more, but I'm not the one in charge of it so one could possibly presume that either we're not editing it out of respect for the original signers who have pretty much nearly all disappeared, or that we're too lazy to get around to having it so that people can sign again.

Number the two:

That is a very excellent question!

We have an entire article on our wiki about permission to write PPC missions there, as well as a <a href="http://ppc.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ:ForNewbies">guide to the PPC in general, as well as a <a href="http://ppc.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ:ForNewbies">guide for newbies who are about to write their own spin off.

The best way to go about becoming an assassin is to read as many spin offs as you can before you dive into writing. The most important things for anyone who's about to start their own missions or before they even get into the idea of writing a spin off is that we're about good writing and humor, first and foremost. You can say that this is educational (because it is!) since we're learning how to be good writers ourselves and what makes bad fanfiction bad (protip: What makes badfic bad is the same stuff that makes bad original fiction bad). It's not about just badfic and being disparaging about badfic and Mary Sues.

Once you've been around for roughly a month (I personally encourage you to spend longer than a month to hang around and get to know everyone and read as much as you can; when I joined, I waited three months before I asked for permission) you just show a writing sample, your current vague idea for agents, and ask. People will comment on it, and at some point a Permission Giver will tell you you're good and ready to go if you are indeed good and ready to go. If you're not, you can always take some time to figure out where you went wrong and try again [if you don't annoy anyone too much. ;)].

Number the third:

As the person who founded/created the wiki in the first place, my personal opinion woudl be to read EVERYTHING ON THE WIKI SECOND to as much as you can from the <a href="http://ppc.wikia.com/wiki/TheCompleteListofPPCFiction"> and the List of Everything PPC.

That said, everything under the "PPC Intro Pages" Sidebar section would be a good place to start as well.

Again, you're very welcome, we'd like you to stay if you enjoy yourself (and we want you to enjoy yourself!) and if you can play along with our rules and the general quirky traditions that endure as a whole for the PPC community.

And if you ever have the time or inclination, you're welcome to join some of us on the PPC Chatroom as well. I promise we'll try and make sure Maslab doesn't cannibalise you.

A sentient one. Fair winds!