There are still a few prominent female officers, so it's not that big of a stretch. And there's absolutely nothing that forbids your friend from buying some OSS models and converting them for use in SP. Devas, Asuras, Yadus, Sophotect, first Posthuman box - they're all good conversion bases.
Glad to learn this! Actally there are several female sculpt (for example the Myrmidon officer and hacker) that are pretty good and several female troopers (Atalanta and Pennythelesia) that are also fine. I'm pretty sure your friend will like SP.
