Several years have passed since the events occurred with the appearance of the beings code-named "The Next" and "The One". The Earth exists in relative peace, but secretly strange monsters called "Space Beasts" stalk citizens, killing them in many cases.
To combat this threat, the Terrestrial Liberation Trust
(TLT), a global, clandestine organization is set up to investigate and defeat the "Space Beasts". In Japan, the base of TLT Japanese Division, or TLT-J, is located secretly in the mountains under the facade of a hydroelectric plant called Fortress Freedom .History[]
The origins of TLT go back to the source of the problem that plagued humanity and perhaps countless other species in the universe, the Space Beasts, more specifically their master Dark Zagi. Some time ago the being known as Ultraman Noa came into existence through unknown means (rumored to be a supernova in Messier 80 in the Scorpio Constellation). Since that time the silver giant traveled space fighting evil while bonding to several hosts. A race of beings, known to TLT as the 'Visitors' saw this and proposed the creation of their own personal protector, a clone of the silver giant. They fail, for whatever reasons the clone became a twisted mockery of the paragon of justice and created an army of monsters to destroy all life. To stop him, the visitors tried to kill him by destroying their planet. Though Zagi was not killed by some means he was separated from his body and left as a ball of dark energy. His body was used to create the alien construct known as Lethe.
1991 AD[]
Knowing his eventual goal the visitors headed to Earth with Lethe and crashed in the Arizona desert. The US army that found them was told by the aliens that they would be willing to give their technology so long as it was only for the defense of the Earth against the oncoming threat. Communication was accomplished by the use of a young psychic boy named Kaimoto, through whom the Visitors explained their background and the incoming danger.
The was first steps to the foundation of TLT, scientists from around the world were brought to Arizona and numerous countries around the world entered this alliance. However it would be nineteen years before the first Space Beast would appear. During this time several projects were being worked on several projects, the development of the first Chesters, the Night Raiders' weaponry, the development of the Visitors Potential Barrier to slow down the appearance of Space Beasts and the Prometheus project to name a few.
At some point in time Zagi made his way to Earth and possessed one of the scientists working with the visitors. Using this host body he slaughtered perhaps everyone there including young Nagi's mother and father. Encountering the young girl after the fact he clouded her memory and let live as she was integral to his master plan.
2004 AD[]
Thirteen years later after the Visitors arrived, the first Space Beast, Beast the One, appeared in the Seas of Japan possessing a young man named Udo, who was part of the BCST an anti-bio terrorism organization working with U.S forces. He was eventually defeated by the silver warrior code named the Next, a lesser form taken on by Noa.
After 2004 and 2009 AD[]
After those events TLT erased the entire world's memories and media information pertaining to the battle between Ultraman and the One and created their first cover up story of a meteor shower devastating Shinjuku. Afterwards the Night Raiders and other divisions of TLT began to operate as the battle between Noa and Zagi progressed on Earth. In time the space beast menace began to evolve, with more and more giant beasts appearing in place of the more human sized variants. This lead to TLT upgrading their arsenal and declaring Ultraman an ally, despite their initial posture towards him.
Bases[]
Fortress Freedom[]
Fortress Freedom
is the third base of the TLT organization's "TLT-J" responsible for defense in the Kanto region. The appearance of the base is disguised as a huge underwater dam. It has 515 members and is commanded by three commanders who hold all the authority related to Space Beasts incidents in the Kanto region.In the lower level of the base, there is a command center where the members of NR are stationed, which is equipped with a briefing room, rest area, equipment locker, and shooter booth for launching the members into the cockpit of the Chrome Chester. The base also includes mechanical facilities such as a special aircraft hangar, launch route, maintenance factory, and CIC (Combat Information Center), where the TLT operations staff Yu Kirasawa is stationed to communicate the Space Beasts elimination operations to the NR. There are also individual rooms for the members, shooting training grounds, conference rooms, research rooms, detention rooms, and other facilities.
At the deepest underground level of the base, there is the TLT-J central control room and the large memory erasing device "Lethe" located in an area called "Section 0".
Members[]
TLT-J High-Ranking Staff[]
- Main article: Yu Kirasawa
Yu Kirasawa
, also known as the "Illustrator", is the TLT's strategist, usually coordinating the Night Raiders' operations against the Space Beasts as part of the CIC (Combat Information Center) Mostly appearing in the form of a hologram, he knows more about the Space Beasts and Nexus than he seems to let on.It is eventually revealed that he is also a son of Prometheus, like Ren, and lived in the same facility with him in Dallas. When Ren was caught trying to run away from the place, he gives Kirasawa a rope necklace. He also is the first one to confront Unknown Hand when he revealed himself and attacked the base.
- Main article: Yoichiro Matsunaga
Yoichiro Matsunaga Ultraman the Next and Beast the One 5 years prior leaving his relationship with his daughter distant at best.
is the director of TLT. It was revealed later in the series that his wife was one of the casualties during the battle betweenIn order to better protect the planet from the threat posed by the Space Beasts, he wishes to know the secrets of Ultraman's Light, and the Dunamists to the point of forcibly conducting experiments on them when they are weakened from numerous battles.
Togo
is the highest-ranking officer of TLT. He was among those interrogating the Night Raiders in episode 25 and was last seen witnessing the sheer terror of Dark Zagi's rampage.He is portrayed by Kenji Sahara.
Koyanagi
is the highest-ranking officer of TLT. He was among those interrogating the Night Raiders in episode 25.He is portrayed by Kiyosumi Honda
.
Soma
is the highest-ranking officer of TLT. He was among those interrogating the Night Raiders in episode 25.He is portrayed by Shunnosuke Rokude.
TLT North America Headquarters[]
- Main article: Sara Mizuhara
Sara Mizuhara BCST, she was the one who assisted Maki (The Next) stop in stopping The One (formerly her fiance Udo), and witnessed their battle 5 years prior to the series first hand.
is an investigator from United States' TLT, originally a scientist forShe returns to Japan to investigate the possibility of their being a spy in TLT and explains the origins of TLT to the Night Raiders as well as why memories are erased.
- Main article: Hayato Kaimoto
Hayato Kaimoto
is the psychic used to first communicate with the Visitors he now serves as Sara's assistant. His DNA was used to make all the Prometheus children making him their technical father. He was also the masked man spying on Ren during his time as a Dunamist.Memory Police[]
This division is comprised of agents in black suits, their main purpose is to erase the memory of any one who has seen a Space Beast and block all Space Beast related information from reaching the media. They use technology in their phone for their task but it is locked to memories relating to keywords involving Ultraman and the Space Beasts.
- Main article: Saya Shuto
Saya Shuto
is the head of the "Memory Police" (MP) division which is responsible for erasing the memory of people who should not know of the existence of the Space Beasts. However, this division is regarded useless after Zagi's death.
- Main article: Mizuo Nonomiya
- Main article: Hiroyuki Misawa
Hiroyuki Misawa Dark Mephisto (Zwei).
was a member of TLT's memory police but fell under the control of the Unknown Hand to host
Some other unnamed members also appear in the series:
Other Divisions[]
TLT has been described as a series of gears with more individual divisions than just the Night Raiders in their fight against Space Beasts. These range from everyday personnel, to specialists in disposal, to the self explanatory Memory Police and strategy division.
Along with the Memory Police, this division of TLT appear after the Night Raiders' and Ultraman's battles with space beasts to dispose of all and any space beast remains. They are effectively the clean up crew of the organization and an important part of TLT's battle against the space beast as they make sure defeated Space Beasts do not regenerate. They are also used for the live capture of individuals such as the Deunamists Jun Himeya, Ren Senjyu and Mizorogi Shinya. Also any person joining TLT has to undergo an examination to ensure they are normal humans, most likely because of the One. This is also performed by the White Sweepers or at least TLT members in the same gear.
These are TLT's normal forces, usually acting as guards and maintenance crew in their base. However they appear to be trained solders, brandishing machine guns at intruders also serving as riot control during the Mega Flash incident, working to keep the city quarantined.
The scientific branch of TLT, it is house primarily in the US branch in Colorado. They are know for running the Prometheus Project, a genetic experiment using Hayato Kaimoto's DNA and that several others, to create perfect 'human beings'.
These 'Prometheus Childen' go to school on the compound, earning a college degree and usually going to work for TLT as scientists. Their star subject was Ren Senjyu who ran away and eventually became Deunamist. The purpose of their project was to create a being who could communicate with the Visitors.
Some members from the TLT division also appear in the series:
Arsenal[]
Mecha[]
- TLT Carrier :A large aerial transport aircraft with vertical hoisting capability. Imported transport important person and weapon.
Gallery[]
Ultraman Nexus[]
Trivia[]
- Yoichiro Matsunaga's actor appears in the Ultraman Mebius & the Ultra Brothers film playing the Mayor of Kobe. As a fact, when the Mayor's cellphone starts to ring, the song is the sortie theme for whenever the Night Raiders go out on a mission.
- It should be noted that the jellyfish in the tubes where Illustrator works are actually members of the Visitor race.
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Showa Defense Teams | SSSP | TDF (UG, MAT, TAC, ZAT, MAC, UGM) | Science Guard Party |
Heisei Defense Teams | UMA | WINR | HEART | Mydo | TPC (GUTS, Super GUTS, Black Buster Corps, Neo Super GUTS) | GUARD (XIG) | GOKAZOKU | SRC (EYES, Team SEA), JADF | BCST | TLT (NR) | UDF (DASH) | GUYS | DEUS | ZAP SPACY | Team U | UPG | UNVER (Xio) | VTL | AIB |
Reiwa Defense Teams | EGIS | GAF (STORAGE) | TPU (GUTS-Select) | SSSP | GGF (SKaRD) | KDF | GDF (SKIP) |
Other Defense Teams | Inter Galactic Defense Force | Space Patrol | MIGHTY JACK | SRI | SGM | Team Mouri | SAT | SAF | PAT | Koseidon Corps | MAT | SWORD | SSSP | USP | GIRLS |