Raekur please calm down , we are only trying to explain this to you. Also , I see your point of view and that is why we are trying to help you understand some of the RP concept of this server better.
Now , since my chosen faction ingame is The Order , I'll try to explain the aspects of our war with you (as best I can , I'm sure that there are more to it that I know of )
Now , the Order's home system and home planet is Omicrion Minor with it's planet Toledo. The Order protects it's couse and is believed to be the final stand between the Nomads and the general human population within Sirius. Now , we also tend to protect what we have learned and how far we have evolved / Technology speaking / - in simple terms we protect our weapons and nomad research from the other houses / factions. Now as the Bounty Hunter legion grew stronger and there resoarces reached that of a House / that means alot / they desided to expand into the uncharted for them Omicron systems and seek better technologies to further enchance there presence and authority. The Order on the other hand was and still is stricktly against the expantion of the Bounty Hunters , because by doing so , they tend to steal Order technology and invade Order space. That is the reason the war started. The Order is on the defencive side of the war / protecting our home system and planet from the Bounty Hunters / and the BH's are in the role of invaders who violently atack us on many ocassions. The way I see it , the Order was far more advanced in the early years of the war and was able to destroy the invading BH forces , but that changed when the Bounty Hunters developed there own capital ship line / wich I might state is the best avalable in the game / and thus the war continued.
The Bounty Hunters atack the Order , yes they do not get payed for that directly with credits collecting bounties , but in the big picture they wage that war for technology and from that technology they can earn even more money. Thats what it is all about , no matter what the sittuation the Bounty Hunters only take action when there is something they want involed. Wheater it's money or techology , they need to have something to fight for. No person who is proud to call himself a Bounty Hunter will take action in exchange for nothing folowed by a "Thanks for the help -name- " .
Edit - About the "ex-con" matter. It is accepted by the comunity ( or I think it is , correct me if I'm wrong ) , that most of the Bounty Hunter pilots are retired pirate's or ex-convicts. But that is actually a good thing for them , in some way's , because they are familiar with how the pirating of a given faction works and when the pirate's operation is valnurable to atack , after all there was a time when they where probly doing the same as the pirates they are hunting now.