Regardless of anything mentioned above, no members of The Lane Hackers (official faction) are currently using the Barghest. (To my best knowledge). Since we have 3 only people in the entire faction who can fly gunships and bombers. Yeah, three.
The Lane Hacker shiplist image shows allowed ships for each rank. Some are allowed, but aren't being used at all - Outcast gunship, Rogue gunship, Barghest, I don't think we have any Warans, and the number of Falcatas is very low, too. (don't know, and if I knew I wouldn't tell what the Assassins are using)
Ships sold on Hacker bases outside the guard system are considered "public". If you have a friendly / neutral reputation, you can have it. If it's not the case, you're probably out of roleplay. Now, since Vespucci is still under HF lockdown, ships sold exclusively there are not supposed to be flown a lot by outsiders, I think.
