Though you could still go there for the bounty. This is very important to note DO NOT BE FOOLED BY THE SHOWN DPS RATE OF BROADSIDE WEAPONS. Paying for bounty info in more advanced systems can cost quite a bit (e.g. SHIELDS are your first main line of defense. Note: This is ONLY to be used to report spam, advertising, and problematic (harassment, fighting, or rude) posts. Kevin Tucker is a core component of Shacknews' powerful guide development team. Feel free to take missions that have you fighting Greel, Korians, Double Jacks, Murath or Viriax though. Keep in mind that will still only increase affiliation with Mercenaries Guild, not the respective employer. If there are both friendlies AND hostiles in the target area then it's genuine, if there are only hostiles - it's a trap.
They have a couple of exclusive craft but the main reason you'd want to stay at least neutral to them is because they have a lot of firepower in the galaxy that you don't want shooting at you at each encounter.