Almanac's Utility Belt

*"A true warrior has gotta be prepared."*
—Almanac
**Almanac's Utility Belt** is the special belt worn by the vigilante Jason Kade when fighting crime. Over time, he's expanded its contents to aid in his mission.

## History

The belt did not actually begin assembly until Kade's career as Blue Arrow, when he decided to keep arrowhead attachment replacements should his quiver fail to store enough.

After his return to the crimson cowl, Kade began to take advantage of the belt's practicality of storing devices. After being inspired by James Bond, he began to carry a compact switchblade, along with a tactical microflashlight.

## Utility Belt

Almanac is constantly updating and improving the contents held by the belt, so the list is incomplete. The belt has a stainless steel belt buckle, and has room for capsules, pouches and loops for devices.

* **Tactical Microflashlight**
* **Compact Switchblade**

* **Grappling Hook:** A gun that launches cable with a mechanized, magnetic clawed end. When the hook connects with a scalable surface after launching, Jason is quickly drawn towards it, allowing him to expand his view of the battlefield and evade or flank targets. The cable has enough tensile strength to hold Jason's bodyweight if he needs to ascend or descend along it.
* **Medical Containers:** A double-tube container on the left side of the utility belt. The first container holds Polyol, and the second holds diisocyanates. When these two chemicals get inside a stab wound, they harden and seal stab wounds, long enough to hold out until the victim receives medical attention.
* **Glow Containers:** Another double-tube container containing hydrogen peroxide and bleach. Upon vigorous shaking, the two chemicals mix and give off a green chemical luminescence.
* **Syringes:** One syringe is loaded with 20 CCs of adrenaline. The second holds 25 milligrams of sodium pentothal (truth serum). The third contains 2,000 milligrams of horse tranquilizer (ketamine), which rapidly increases the injected's torpidity. The last holds lidocaine to numb pain.
* **Explosives:** 50-milligram pellets of fulminated mercury that detonate when impacted by kinetic energy, due to the mercury's salt being unstable.
* **Smoke Orbs:** Aluminum spheres with grooves that release smoke five seconds after the push of a button found on the top. These are useful for distractions and retreats.
* **Flashlight-Saber:** Made from a resistor-less laser diode from a DVD burner fit into a flashlight housing. This appears as a lightsaber, and can cut through many materials to provide escape routes. It can also simulate a laser torch.
* **Rebreathers:** Several underwater breathing apparatuses.
* **Flexi-Cuffs:** Several pairs of plastic handcuffs to restrain individuals.
* **Lockpicking Tools**
* **Vacutainer:**
* **Pedometer**
* **Caltrops**
* **Makeshift Black Light:** An improvised black light (a light coated with a special filter that removes most of the visible spectrum, allowing only ultraviolet light to pass through) crafted from a spare phone's LED and the magnetic disc from a 3.5 floppy as a filter.
* **Portable Gas Chromatograph:** A device that takes samples from the air and scans them for explosive particulate matter. This is referred to as the "bomb detector."
* **Super Light:** A forensic device from the EPF. A multi-spectrum, ultraviolet laser-enhanced scanner that detects molecular schisms in the 600 mega-volt range.
* **Glass Compass:** A standard geometric instrument used for constructing inscribed circles modified to cut through glass in a stealthy and efficient way.
* **Telescope/Monocular**
* **Acrylic:** After Isaac Morov's death in December 2017, Jason captured a falling snowflake between two pieces of acrylic and preserved it in a one percent solution of polyvinyl acetyl resin. Cyanoacrylates are monomers which polymerize, so it will last forever.
* **Inversion Stabilizer:** A device from the EPF designed to fool facial and voice recognition.
* **Bukijutsu Pouch:** Jason keeps a pouch on his belt containing eight kunai knives and eight shuriken for long-range combat and disarms.
* **Luminol:** Jason carries a miniature luminol sprayer to find blood; the hydrogen peroxide and sodium hydroxide react with the iron present in hemoglobin and exhibit a blue glow.
* **Localized EMPs:**
* **Wooden Stake:**

## Trivia

* For extensive missions, the belt has an accessory bandolier. The belt can also act as a bandolier itself.