Combat cap

The combat cap, sporting the Spectrum emblem, is also personalised to the colour of the wearer. It is made of NeoCarb polymer, protecting the wearer much like a helmet.

The cap comes with an integrated communication device, in the form of speakers mounted inside the rigid cap, and of a 'dop-down' microphone', attached to a rigid wire, which is stowed in the rim of the transparent visor. Whenever the officer needs to make radio contact, the wire falls down to put the microphone into place before his mouth.

When receiving a call, two rapid pulses of light from the mike informs the wearer that a call is coming through and that it is about to drop into speaking position. The light pulses are colour-coded, indicating the identity of the caller (Colonel White, Captain Blue, etc.).

This can be turned off by the wearer, at any time.

A drop-down visor also comes with the cap, giving image intensification and magnification for night-vision and surveillance. This visor is also equiped with the Visual Information and Sensitory Optical Repay unit (VISOR). With this device, visual data, such as images, graphics and text can be related to the agent in the fied, directly from Lieutenant Green's workstation in Central control.

Generally, officers don't wear their cap on Skybase. Communication is then made via bluetooth earpiece or the Spectra-Tech.

Spectra-Tech

An essential part of any Spectrum's agent kit, the Spectra-Tech is the a multifonction tranceiver and detection device worn by every agent in the field. It resembles a portable phone, but is capable of many other functions as well.

It is linked to Spectrum Net so that the field agents can communicate with Skybase and in turn can be used to locate vehicles and agents.

The back of the enamelled section lift up so to access a slot where the user can insert SIM cards or tracking devices to access data or trace calls.

When put away, it is folded into a more compact form, but when open, its screen deploys to display more data, such as maps or scan results. It can be used to scan for explosives, act as a compass, has heat-seeking capabilities and... can be used as a phone!

It is normally kept in the belt pouch, at the back of the uniform. See Utility belt.

Communication earpiece

Whilst on board Skybase, operatives may use the earpiece in place of the helmet microphone.

As with the helmet version, the microphone pulses the designated colour of the caller.

The moulded plastic parts are colour coded to the user.

Sunglass communicator

While off duty, agents can keep contact with Skybase or other Spectrum agents using these sunglasses to which a microphone was integrated.