Salty as everyone is about it I really don't think of dead orbit as cowards. Its a foolish idea to put your entire species in one place that's constantly under siege, one error and suddenly you've gone extinct. Dead orbit is all about expansion: settling and colonizing other worlds. Exploration is a big part of that, and my reason for joining them - my hunter would be the kind of character to live on a ship at the edge of space looking for things.