Mission loot!

My main alt had done some level 3 mission grinding for Lai Dai standings so he could see an R&D agent. The last handin he did for these standings coincided with being given a storyline mission which I ignored until recently. I read it and seeing it was a 10 part mission line was very tempted to ignore and more tempted to decline it. 
Eve survival says that parts 1 to 5 were generic merc ships and then 6 to 10 were specific pirate rats.
Last weekend I went ahead and did them in his tengu. One mission area had me warp in as usual and at an acceleration gate I saw a named NPC just sitting there solo. No problem for my Tengu to take care of.

Komni Envoy wreck

At the time I didn't even notice it was a named spawn. I forget the name of the missions but maybe that NPC is usually part of them, but I think it must be one of these rarely seen NPC's. How else would a level 3 BS drop such good loot.

Lootz!

Not a bad ending to get some nice drops.
I must remember to read eve survival thoroughly when storyline missions are given and not skip any long one's.

P.S.
On doing a bit of research it appears that this npc appears normally in the mission but that it's loot table has a rare chance to drop the +4 Implant. 
I think the Chinese whispers have corrupted my memory or understanding over time. I think the "rare spawns" mentioned to me before were meant to mean just their loot that has a rare chance to drop the "good stuff"! 
I've also just read that when people get to this stage of the mission line they kill the npc and leave it until downtime resets it the following day. That way they can farm that npc for it's loot, if it drops it....

Interesting what you can learn.