Outdated reply, but a fresh perspective
I know this is somewhat an old discussion but there have been a few new discoveries found Including access to the Shadowlands as well as various Alien Invasions that have been striking our planet of late, one wonders if it would be possible to hijack some Spirit Tech apparatus or AI tech to create a new token board that both factions and neutrals could use.
It should be possibly to use a means of the individuals own knowledge and skill to determine the strength of the item, I believe the token boards already use this means, I know mine does.
Prefferably even if the item does use Spirit Tech, AI Tech or a combination of the 2 then having the item locked to those with the means to better understand them (OOC: Level Locked) then hopefully those people who have not recieved clearance to enter the Shadowlands as well as those deemed unfit to fight back against the aliens would still gain access to the board.
If such a board were made that all sides could use it as well as the benefits from having it differed significantly from the current boards, then I suspect that Both factions as well as Neutrals could only benefit from the item and thus funding and support should increase, Hopefully this will stop anyone needing to complain that people are undeserving of it.
Though security would need to be high to prevent the cyboargs gaining hold of the Technology, perhaps the research should be performed on jobe, I haven't heard of any cyborgs gaining acess and the city is kept permanently neutral.