I wish if you had good standings with the pirate factions then the FOB rats would be friendly as well. Imagine players coming to rep the FOB just so mining and other activities are disrupted. Of course this should flag the reppers and make them attackable. This could then escalate the conflict, blah blah blah more ships destroyed. I also wish the basic rats turned friendly based on standings as well.
Probably makes things too safe in the long run though. I’m sure the regular NPCs do their fair share of exploding players who aren’t attentive.
I highly recommend carrying a mobile depot and a full complement of warp stabs for when another player or NPC hauler enters grid and triggers a reinforcement spawn that you cannot tank. Focusing down the scramming frigates before attacking the structure also helps reduce the risk of you not having enough warp stabs to counter the incoming points/scrams.