Thank you for playing and I am glad you enjoyed it. The relation to time manipulation is that when you go back to your ship (after gathering all the supplies) and interact with the stone cube, it will take you into the future. That is why once you do that, the outpost looks futuristic. I had my time cut in half since I had other things come up so I may not have explained that as well as I would have hoped. Thank you again for playing!