From the changlog:

"- Your characters age is now displayed on the personal screen. If you get older, your character will look older. By 70 years your hit accuracy and navigation skills (travel speed) decline. There is a cheat to turn aging off - if you really don´t like this feature."

I can't find it in the options, and given that this was the deciding factor in my purchasing the game I am getting kind of frustrated.

Greatly appreciated. Thanks.

You can make a mini quest to prolong your life too. I believe it hurts the game experience to remove the age limit. The age cheat is just included, because some people complained anyway.

Well, I do believe in playing the game as is fair for most part, but there are times when a fellow wants to just relax, kick back and not mind a little cheating getting into it. After buying the game I've been enjoying a leisurely journey through the merchant route and trying to first drive through the 'easy goal' of pushing the Federation to triumph from the sidelines...

I imagine there's a lot of fun ahead to be had, and again I don't see the aging as a bad addition, but if I do end up wanting to play one particular game at length, semi-"immortal" even, it is fun to have the option to do so. I am not saying I want to use it constantly, but having the option there is in my opinion a nice touch.

Anyhow, I meant no offense by any means.