As an example to your question, we were going to Texas and one of us was late. He was rejoining us and a liberty navy cruiser told him to halt for inspection. The funny thing is that he never stopped any of the traders he encountered before nor after. That's why after our late boy typed the name on the chat that one of us said he had a KoF char, that's why I arrived to this conclusion.
The USI isn't the "faction holder", I think both factions have the same power, and you might think the KoF are more considered since they've been allowed a base in Minnesota. The problem is : how do you want us to have important interactions with thems ? We don't have a real view of what they do even after the temporary faction suspension they had. the VP and P doesn't have much time as they are organizing stuff, and a "server-faction-wide" secret project, aswell preparing texts regarding the USI.
Myself I've a lot of work too, improving the CMU (Convoy Management Utility), working on the beta of the UNNI (Universal News NeuralNet Interface), preparing new tools and doing the front website so people know more about the USI.
As for exterior traders, companys tends to not deliver their secrets:P
The runs we do have been longly setup and searched by the P and VP.
But out of that it still make us have a lot of RP interactions.