 There is one central object that saves Casey Ritter and Pard Hoskins from the wrath of Jupiter’s scorpion race. What is it and what does it do?
Sure, the crystals are deadly, but I was smuggling them legitimately, in a manner of speaking, for this doctor to experiment with. Well, a cross between a scorpion and a grasshopper, to be accurate. Those emeralds were in the inner shrine of the super-sacred, super-secret temple of the cavern-dwelling tribe of Killicuts on Mars—the real aborigines. A better man than me had already penetrated the Great Red Spot of old Jupiter and come out alive. There were a few bits of info that Pard had to shell out, like where the emeralds were, and how to communicate with those scorpions, and how he'd made Akroida mad.
 A perfume that makes the scorpions fall in love with whoever wears it.
 A potion that causes the scorpions to go insane.  A yellow space suit. The scorpion race considers yellow is a sign of serious respect.  A yellow space suit. The scorpion race considers yellow a sign of romantic love.  A perfume that makes the scorpions fall in love with whoever wears it.