Take that crazy lady from TOS that stole Kirk's body and give her a ship due to the numbers problem Starfleet is having. Retcon the women can't be captains plot from that ep. Instead of "women can't be captains" it's "women can't captain five year first contact missions due to the unknown societies they encounter" They just get to do the boring stuff after some first contact mission with a female captain led to an attack on a landing party because the society they met with didn't respect that.