Tau Cetans are a hostile space-faring civilization from Tau Ceti.
Biology[]
Tau Cetans are green-skinned cephalopod-like creatures with nine tentacle-arms, 14 bright red eyes and numerous sharp teeth. When they feel threatened, they release a strong smell.
It's currently not known whether their shapeshifting abilities are natural or technological.
Culture and society[]
All Tau Cetans respond to an authority known as the great Mother, which they're always eager to please.
They're a hostile species, keen on preemptively destroying races that are about to develop into space-faring civilizations, in order to eliminate potential rivals.
Appearances[]
- "I Plinglot, Who You?", by Frederik Pohl (1959)