there are two variations of how you can think of a BHG.
- they only work when a player has offered a bounty. lately, that hasn t happened too often, and BHGs would be broke very soon if they relied on playerbounties.
- they kos pirates, cause the pilot that drops can be considered a bounty payed at a police station of battleship. since players are basicly = NPCs... a BHG could, with that interpretation kos any player pirate, too ( like pirates tend to kos BHGs )
BHGs working for bounties only works only if lawfuls regularly have bounties up. a BHG cannot survive if he is only doing playerbounty tasks but is attacked-on-sight by any pirate, since it appears to be considered "bad roleplay" when a BHG attacks a pirate on sight.
in the end, its up to what one wants. if a BHG finances himself completely by bounties, he ll be bankrupt soon. its a bit like pirates who try to survive from serious pirating only.