Cowardly Aliens

Aliens who are comically cowardly by human standards.

Examples

• 1970 Ringworld

  Pierson's Puppeteers are so cowardly that their entire society is built around cowardice and safety. All their furniture has rounded corners and soft textures. None travel into space or are seen by other species except those considered "insane" by their own kind. The whole species is migrating outside the Milky Way after learning of an explosion in the core that will reach them in tens of thousands of years.