Usher Lantern Handoff Review

Assignment slots: lantern docket, original usher or explicit absence, receiving handler, safety posture, receipt surface, payment or protection, and future reader.

Branch families:

• certify_handoff_scope: relief to audience stability, cost to witness payroll, future_effect_any accepted for safety-board route.
• route_to_safety_reader: relief to crowd panic, cost to route delay, future_effect_any costlier but lawful.
• attach_usher_witness: relief to proof clarity, cost to retaliation risk, future_effect_any accepted if witness remains protected.
• split_light_from_custody: relief to immediate routing, cost to custody ambiguity, future_effect_any split reader acceptance.
• sponsor_guidance_package: relief to budget/slot pressure, cost to public distrust, future_effect_any sponsor route accepted while public route becomes costlier.
• quarantine_lantern_afteruse: relief to false-owner pressure, cost to safety proof, future_effect_any recovery-only.
• false_lantern_default: no explicit carrier; creates hidden scar and hostile future reader.
• future_effect_any: every branch must state relief, cost, and future route effect.