I haven't checked, but I know my fellow Boarders, so you've probably been handed a dozen links, and twice as many rules in various forms. However, what a lot of people seem to forget is that trying to set rules for the PPC Board is like trying to herd cats when the cats are on fire and swimming in treacle. Possibly they are also all possessed by insane aliens. In other words, it don't work, and the results wouldn't be pretty if it did.

So. This is the Board. You make threads with the Post Message button, and you reply to posts with the Post Reply button. And then the Board moves along and hopefully people reply to you.

We have a Constitution. No one ever links to it any more, but it's still linked at the top of the Board. Look! We also have a vague rule about not making two threads in a row, or too many in a short period of time, but apart from that -- nothing. You're free! Free as a bird! And not even an on-fire-treacle-wading-insane-alien-possessed bird. You lucky thing, you.

hS

To the PPC.

and sorry, not sure about the list.

Have a notebook to write down what you learn about the PPC.

Have a bunny-shaped plush.

I gift thee with...an egg whisk! It's shiny, gold-plated, and hey, it whisks eggs! Use it for good and not evil.

Welcome to the insanity! Enjoy your stay. ^_^

I notice that people have been mentioning the Wiki, but I don't recall anyone giving you a link. So, here's a link to the PPC Wiki. The article on Permission is particularly enlightening.

Beware the Legendary Badfic. Reading them is not recommended. Even the summaries can strip sanity.

Welcome, please leave your sanity in the receptacle provided by someone else and enjoy your stay.

PS. The Floaters are always looking for new bodies to help out with all kinds of badfic.

I believe the others have already said everything you need to know, so I'll just scare you with a VERY LARGE HINT that the DMS is the best department to work in (as well as the most in need of new blood agents.

The Hedge is useful against the Knights of Ni, should you ever encounter them.

All continua are under the protection of the PPC, really. Recently I took it to the world of Happy Tree Friends.

Feel free to take a complimentary walnut from the bowl by the door. If it starts talking to you, please ignore any advice it might give you.

I gift you a derringer pistol with garlic-soaked bullets, and a sock full of rocks. I'm sure you'll find use for them.

Nice name. Have a winged kitten, and watch out for giant glass jars!

Here, have a couple pounds of Composition 4 plastic explosive. or C4, if you want to call it that. i don't care. you can light it on fire to cook stuff. just remember not to stomp on it if it is lit, because it will detonate. see you around.

…so have a Mark II K-9. BTW, will your Agents be based in a TARDIS or response center?

Lovely to meet you. Here, have a bag of pebbles and Random Shiny Object.

How this Board works... I assume you mean regarding writing PPC stories. Well, we have a few guidelines that we prefer people to follow.

First of all, you should hang around for a month, posting and letting everyone get to know you. Then, after that month is up, you post with basic bios of your Agents, a writing sample and a fic you'd like to take on. Then it's up to the Permission Givers to say yea or nay. If they say yea, then you can sally forth and defend Canon with pride!

And as for the Canon worlds, you can take on any one you like. We have people covering all sorts, from LOTR to Star Wars to Halo 3.

Lovely to have you here. I'm sure somebody will be along to throw the relevant links at you in a bit, they're traditional newbie-gifts.

(Ha, Tawaki, I beat you at it!)

Welcome aboard, Guessmyname. We can always use cannon fodder.

I'll grant you that this board is not very practical, but people are friendly and activity never dies.

It's a low-tech forum: no edits and the older posts vanish. You might want to look around the wiki if you've just read TOS. Welcome, and have a vibrospork. Good for those Jedi Sues who don't know about cortosis fiber.

Incidentally, Luxury is coming! Hide!

Welcome. Here's a tall ship.

Pretty much all continua are under protection. Star Wars is a popular example, as are Stargate and other SF universes. Fantasy universes too (Pern, Valdemar, ASoIaF, WoT, SoT, Eragon... and yes even Twilight), as well as TV shows (House, CSI...) and even RPF (actorfic, bandslash, etc.).
I just joined and haven't asked for permission yet, but personally I'll be protecting Star Wars, Star Trek, Stargate Atlantis, Watchmen, some fantasy universes, House MD, Numb3rs and U2.

Er, sorry about that...Anyway, hi! Welcome to the Board. Please deposit your sanity in the provided receptacle. *holds out bucket marked "Warg fodder"* We don't tend to have much use for things like that here. Also, have some hugs and a thermos full of chai tea. Use them well!
How the Board works? It works like this. People post topics and other people reply to them. Eventually, old topics are pushed off the page to make room for new ones; for this reason, we tend to frown on making truckloads of new topics. That's how the Board literally works, but perhaps you were asking for an explanation of how the Boarders work? Well, most of us are completely insane. (See first paragraph.) We're usually very happy when there are newbies- you will likely be presented with lots and lots of virtual gifties. We natter on about a lot of random stuff and help each other with writing. It's fun!
List of continuums under protection...hurm. It would probably be easier to list all continuums not under protection, but I don't have a complete list of those either. What I do know is that, although Twit-lit, also known as Twilight, has lots and lots of Mary Sues and badfic written about it, I've never seen a PPC mission for it, except when it is crossed-over with another continuum. I can't speak for the rest of the Boarders, but I personally don't like said book. If you do, I won't hold it against you. (Ooh, that reminds me- Have a can of patent Sparklevamp repellent!)
Someone will probably come along and give you shiny links to things which will help explain more stuff to you, and they'll know how to use hyperlinks, so it will be prettier than if I just gave you links. Signing off...
-Mad Maudlin