Editing Luna Transit Authority (section)

=== Consolidation and the Tug-Licensing Framework (2061–2079 CE) ===
Okonkwo's first priority was mandatory tug registration. Under the framework she introduced in 2062 CE, every fusion tug operating within the designated cis-lunar volume was required to carry a corridor-clearance transponder — a beacon encoding the vessel's mass, fuel state, and projected trajectory — updated at each waypoint. [[Engineer Yuki Tanaka]], contracted through Tycho Shipyards, designed the initial transponder hardware specification. The Helium-3 Licensing Board of Luna challenged the Authority's right to impose fees on vessels carrying licensed helium-3 cargoes, arguing dual-jurisdiction conflicts; after thirteen years of dispute the [[Earth-Mars Treaty of Cis-Lunar Transit]] effectively affirmed the Authority's primacy in 2081 CE.

During this same period Senior Dispatcher Callum Bryner developed the sequencing algorithms that prevented bottlenecks at the L1 and L2 choke points. His 2071 CE procedural manual described a priority-tier system distinguishing emergency medical, propellant-critical, and standard commercial traffic — a hierarchy adopted without significant modification by the [[Belt Corridor Licensing Framework]] decades later.