Decommissioning

Decommissioning is the greatest shame an Agent can endure: the act of being dishonorably discharged from the PPC. The concept of being dismissed from the organization was first mentioned as a punishment dispensed to Agents who let were-creatures roam free during a full moon. Apart from that, there are three other offenses that warrant termination:


 * Killing a Canon Character.
 * Attacking a Flower.
 * Messing with the continuum of the Real World.

All decommissioning-level offenses are ridiculously hard to prove, and deliberately made so due to the work shortage in the PPC. To merit decommissioning, an Agent must be completely lucid at the time the offense is being perpetrated, and display no remorse about it afterward.

Decommissioning is carried out by the Department of Internal Operations with the aid of an Uber-Neuralyzer. The Agent in question's partner may attend, but must be Neuralyzed immediately afterward to safeguard the decommissioning chamber's location. Following decommissioning, the ex-Agent is portalled back to their home continuum, to live out the rest of their days as a background extra. Decommissioned Agents are not considered PPC casualties.

Known Agents that have been decommissioned include:


 * Matlarz, who slaughtered the entire population of Hogwarts to prevent Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
 * Keth, who allowed his were-sea anemone partner to escape and kill two Agents.
 * Twinker, who attempted to recruit Real World US President Martin Van Buren to the PPC.