As detrimental as this would be to the entire criminal community in efu, of which I'm almost always a part of, I'm surprised this hasn't already been implemented.
The Covenant has some amazing roleplaying benefits. They've got the lairs they can employ which are huge for anyone trying to make big things happen. But Watchers and Warders get uniforms authority and robo-suits, and the Exile Collective get specialized items and full uniforms in the armor of their choice, but functionally the Covenant gets nothing beyond a fairly limited travel system and an amulet of protection. I'd take the fullplate offered by the Watchers or the fullplate offered by the exiles any day over an amulet of protection. Making Steele a resource only valuable to the Covenant would go a long way toward giving the faction some serious benefits to equal those offered by the others.
The Covenant has some amazing roleplaying benefits. They've got the lairs they can employ which are huge for anyone trying to make big things happen. But Watchers and Warders get uniforms authority and robo-suits, and the Exile Collective get specialized items and full uniforms in the armor of their choice, but functionally the Covenant gets nothing beyond a fairly limited travel system and an amulet of protection. I'd take the fullplate offered by the Watchers or the fullplate offered by the exiles any day over an amulet of protection. Making Steele a resource only valuable to the Covenant would go a long way toward giving the faction some serious benefits to equal those offered by the others.