Missioning in Low-Sec....why?

TFAce and I decided to try some missioning in low-sec and the first question was always: why? The risks are well known: pirates and a slightly skewed 'risk v rewards' in that, one can safely do most Level 4 agent missions in the missioning hubs in Empire. Well, not all agents are available and we wanted some freedom and lag-free fun. Also, the level 5 agents are mainly low-sec based and we've been basing ourselves in low-sec for a while. Might as well work there. Our ships were not 100% fitted for mission work either: we had webbers and scramblers on board just in case some unfriendly pirates came into the mission area. I had my eyes on the scanner the whole time but saw nothing. There were one or two gate camps from Evati to Egmar but nothing I could not run away from. The mission was fun though challenging: Serpentis in Minmater space no less.

However, the salvage was good and the good old catalyst did a fine job quickly and efficiently hoovering up the wrecks. Nothing faction obviously but some good named mods and the rest could be rendered down into minerals as required. The salvage materials will go into the hangar in Bawilan for rig production. I think the polycarbon engine housing rigs are the best in terms of isk return. Am hopeful that I have salvaged enough to make a decent run of them.