- Dark lines on the sides of their heads & hands
- Isolationist society
- Ritual suicide at the age of 60, known as the Resolution;
- Strictly enforced through social taboo
- If they refuse, they would be ostracized as would their entire family
- Ancient Kaelons cared for their elderly by housing them in deathwatch facilities
- Severe overcrowding led to unfavorable conditions, which established the Resolution;
- Believed it would alleviate stress & not be burdened by the effects of old age
- Their sun was dying & would destroy or sterilize Kaelon II by the 2390s
