Good call on completing the SOE, Social Infrastructure I thank would be a great fit for you and your friends. We are laid back do a lo of PVP and have a nice little worm hole if that something you would like to try.
We are supper new player friendly and have some ships staged to help get you stated, and run a few training and PVP fleets a week. I linked our Forum post as well that will give you a better feel for the group.
Our recruitment discord if you have any more questions Social Infrastructure Or Tytus Kyle in game.