When they showed the Galaxy Rescue Force, I really only recognized Melos, but the rest were less-than-clear.

I felt like the Queen was from the Orb Origin Saga, but don't quote me on that!

I feel like Shisa might be from the Geed movie, but again, don't quote me on that!

In the final analysis, it doesn't detract from them and I am left with only one genuine thought: Ultimate Force Zero and Galaxy Rescue Force Team-Up!!!!!!!

The Queen is actually the previous queen before the one from Orb Origin but otherwise your correct on everything else. And while were on the subject of surprise cameos how about the original versions of Ultimate Force Zero appearing!

The Queen/War God is from Orb Origin, but the implication from her name is that she is the predecessor to the one from Orb Origin. The one in UGF is named Izana, while the one in Orb Origin was named Amate. Their names seem to come from the japanese deities Izanagi and Amaterasu, who were mother and daughter respectively.

The Gukuru Shisa is from the Geed movie, but we don't know if it's the same one that was in the Geed movie, or just another member of the species.

And you are exactly right. Gukuru Shisa was from the Geed movie which takes place in Okinawa and Gukuru Shisa is based off of Okinawa's totem animal the shisa.

Thank you! I haven't seen Gaia and Cosmos since I was a child, so I figured the gaps in my memory were from one of those series.

Also I genuinely like how in the latest Absolute Conspiracy, Tartarus shows up in front of the heroes to show off how big and bad he is... only to be immediately scarred of by Legend!

And with this, I have a second thing where I can point to say "I sure like Xenon in that!".

Holy crap, they actually dug the Ultraman Xenon suit out of the dank and forgotten corner of the basement it's been stuffed into for the last 15 years. Between that and the Max theme song being brought back, this one was a huge treat for me.

So, is Absolute Conspiracy a prequel? IIRC Ribut is already part of the Galaxy Rescue Force in the first Ultra Galaxy Fight.

See, I was wondering before why the smaller version of the shield was missing on his arm and why they made such a big deal about him getting it together with the lance.

But if this does take place before the other series then it makes sense.

I really like them showing the Galaxy Rescue Force by the way, and I like that it is composed of multiple alien heroes from around the multiverse, I assumed it was an Ultra-only operation.

At the beginning of the first part, Zero did describe this as being the incident where Ribut joined the Galaxy Rescue Force!