Seriously.
Right now, the role of the CL is a bit like the Mime on most other stations, except on those stations the mime at least has mechanics that are good for a laugh or two and the inevitably bloody feud with the clown. The CL meanwhile has no real mechanical reason to be there, aside from maybe once in a while unlocking research if the round is long and someone actually bothers with xenology (which is a pretty big if). Other than that you just RP and have your faxes ignored. And everyone knows most faxes are ignored. There's none of the soft power everyone's favourite CL Burke in that one movie had. If Command Staff doesn't want to bother with the CL, they just don't, and that's it. Because a CL you ignore just writes faxes that go nowhere, and maybe makes some giant sandwiches or tries to bribe a deltard with ultrazine who then grabs the bribe and fucks off planetside never to be seen again.
I don't blame the admins and mods for ignoring the faxes, even. Admins got their own thing going on and mods are scared of pressing the wrong or too many buttons. But that just leaves the CL wandering aimlessly once they tried everything they could. So many CLs just wind up dying planetside because there was nothing left for them on the Almeyer.
So why don't the devs just whitelist CLs and give them some more power? Once the CLs are guaranteed to not be complete shit and go through a process, you can give them actual objectives, or give them something that actually works as a bribe other than useless cash and the admittedly fun if debilitating.
Anyhow, that's my thoughts on the matter. Feel free to insult me below.