Union Bureau of Orbital and Non-Terrestrial Management

The Union Bureau of Orbital and Non-Terrestrial Management specializes in the management of nonterrestrial habitats and all relevant legislation. As part of this mission, it manages security and aide services on all non-terrestrial Stations, including blink gates. The UBO/NTM is also the primary court for disputes concerning non-terrestrial natural or artificial habitats and stations in Interstellar or non-local space.
The UBO/NTM has two subordinate bodies: the Office of Interstellar Transportation (OIT) and the Office of Cartography and Universal Positioning (OCUP).
OIT is responsible for managing, planning, and maintaining the entirety of the blink network, installation of blink gates, and structuring safe passage codes for blink travel. It also sets and certifies safety standards for ships seeking interstellar licenses, and is the primary court for any cases involving temporal complexities – such as those concerning subjective/real age and death – and interstellar shipping disputes.
OCUP is responsible for surveying and mapping visible space, maintaining specific records on stellar influence zones, updating and revising Local-Space sovereignty codes, mapping stellar phenomena, and myriad other tasks related to the making of maps and charts.