The Tempus Simia was capable of opening warps in the fabric of time and space, thereby allowing the user to enter and alter the time stream. However, other than the obvious danger of having a negative impact on future events, shattering the Tempus Simia posed an even greater risk. It could either mean the time stream might return relatively to normal, or the unraveling of the fabric of time space, which would bring about the end of the universe.