is a serial novel written by Katsuyuki Sumisawa. The illustrations were done by Sakura Asagi, who also provided artwork for the novel version of New Mobile Report Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz and the manga version of New Mobile Report Gundam Wing: Blind Target. It was serialized in Gundam Ace between August 2010 and November 2015 and was collected in thirteen volumes. It follows the story decades after Endless Waltz.
Setting Frozen Teardrop is set during the Mars Century, the era that has succeeded the After Colony era, on the terraformed Mars. Since the formation of the young Mars Colony and its government, trouble has been brewing within it with the assassination of its president, Milliardo Peacecraft. In the present day, ESUN President Dorothy T. Catalonia authorizes the beginning of "Operation Mythos" to resolve the problems on Mars – which primarily involves the assassination of Relena Peacecraft.
Concurrent to the events of Mars Century are flashbacks during After Colony, told through Preventer agent Kathy Po, the daughter of Sally Po. The flashbacks detail events in After Colony leading up to the events of the series, including the origins and backgrounds of OZ Leader Treize Khushrenada and Gundam pilot Heero Yuy.
Plot Main story
In the year MC-0022, after receiving authorization from the President of the Earth Sphere Unified Nation to initiate "Operation Mythos", Master Chang, a veteran operator of the Preventers, orders Lieutenant Colonel Kathy Po to bring several critical items to his base at the Preventers' Mars Branch, North Polar Cap Base. These include a memory chip sent by the President, and three files downloaded from the History Bank.
The activation of Operation Mythos requires the awakening of the so-called "Princess Aurora", who lies in cryogenic sleep. The files are said to be essential to awaken them. Soon after, an elderly man identifying himself as Father Maxwell arrives at the base, carrying a fourth file. With all four files now gathered, Master Chang proceeds to awaken Heero Yuy, a Gundam pilot from the After Colony (AC) era, who has been in cryogenic sleep.
Heero, who once vowed to "never kill again", is now given a new mission: To assassinate Relena Peacecraft, the Second President of the Mars Federation Government who is now considered the greatest threat to the Earth Sphere.
However, just as the Preventers begin preparations for Relena's assassination, Catherine, the younger sister of Professor W, steals a Gundanium-made mobile suit called "Prometheus" and goes rogue, intending to fulfill Relena's dream of true pacifism on her own terms. To pursue her, Heero is dispatched alongside Duo, the son of Father Maxwell. At the same time, Trowa Phobos, who had been rescued and trained as a pilot by Doctor T and his team, is also tracking Catherine. In an effort to stop Catherine's recklessness, Master Chang launches in the Epyon Bai, but is ambushed by Zechs, the leader of the Republic of Lanagrin, a nation hostile to the Mars Federation. Zechs pilots the Gundam Epyon, leading to a chaotic three-way battle.
Catherine, piloting Maganac Mobile Dolls, attempts to hold off Heero, Trowa Phobos, and Duo during their pursuit. Though all the Maganac units are ultimately destroyed, she succeeds in escaping and successfully rendezvouses with Naina and Mille—the children of Milliardo (Zechs) and Mars Federation Presidential Aide Noin. Together, they succeed in stealing the Prometheus. Just then, the battlefield is suddenly interrupted by the appearance of 500 unmanned Mars Suits—an autonomous force sent by the Mars Federation to annihilate both the Preventers and Zechs. Zechs withdraws from the battlefield, while the Preventers' units are saved from destruction by the timely intervention of Tallgeese Heaven, piloted by "The Wind of Cyrene." However, Heero collapses from sheer exhaustion, having reached his physical limit.
As Duo continues his pursuit, Naina launches the 909th Special Independent Unit of the Mars Federation Army, known as the "Merciless Fairies", a squad directly under her command. The battle escalates further with the arrival of Catherine piloting Prometheus. Despite the fierce combat, Duo and his allies manage to defeat the Merciless Fairies, and thanks to the intervention of Professor W, who pilots the mobile suit "Snow White" in place of the incapacitated Heero, they succeed in recapturing Prometheus. However, the victory is short-lived: their mothership, the Schwarzhook II, is hacked and seized, leading to the capture of Doctor T, Heero, and the others on board.
On their way to Relena City, the capital of the Mars Federation, to rescue Heero and the others, Professor W, Duo, and Phobos encounter a battle between Naina, Mille, and Catherine, each piloting manned Mars Suits under the Mars Federation, and a Virgo landing force deployed by the Republic of Lanagrin. Facing the crisis threatening the Mars Federation—a state founded on absolute pacifism—Professor W and his group choose to support Naina. After successfully defeating the Virgo units, they surrender to the Mars Federation, and are reunited with Heero and the others, who had previously surrendered and were being held as honored guests. Just as the group is reunited, the Wind of Cyrene, piloting a damaged Tallgeese Heaven, arrives and collapses after warning them that the Republic of Lanagrin's mobile fortress, "Babel", is approaching Relena City.
The battle between the Mars Federation and the Preventers' forces against the approaching Babel, as well as with the Lanagrin Republic, continues to intensify. Amidst the chaos, Relena, following her own beliefs, boards Babel to initiate dialogue and surrenders to the Lanagrin Republic. In order to prevent the activation of the human extermination program PPP, Heero—who must kill Relena with his own hands while she is in a peaceful state of mind—boards Babel to rescue her. However, due to the effects of her incomplete awakening from artificial hibernation, Relena experiences cognitive dissonance and confusion, and ends up shooting Heero.
Heero is rescued by Father Maxwell and Cathy. Although his life is saved, he falls into amnesia due to the treatment administered by Doctor Hilde. In truth, information about two individuals had been removed from the memory file necessary for Heero's awakening, which caused him to experience cognitive dissonance as well, making it necessary to reset his mind. With the help of Cathy, Master Chang, and Hilde, Father Maxwell restores the incomplete memory file known as the "Zechs File" to its full state and downloads it into Heero, allowing him to make a complete recovery.
Rescued from Babel by Noin, Relena suffers injuries from Babel's bombardment of Relena City. Renewing her resolve based on her belief in total pacifism, she declares her surrender to the Southern Mars Union and resolves to offer herself up. On the way to the fortress Babel to carry out "Operation Mythos" alongside Relena, she experiences the past of warfare through a virtual visor. Taking upon herself all the guilt of the Mars Federation government, Relena accepts the death sentence handed down by the court. Heero fires a bullet that pierces Relena but it turns out to be an AI-generated hologram of her.
Meanwhile, those who remain each begin to take action to bring an end to the conflict. "The Wind of Cyrene", upon regaining consciousness, reveals his true identity as Milliardo, the first President of the Mars Government. He resumes the battle against Babel, leading Duo, Phobos, Catherine, Mille, Naina, and the Merciless Fairies. Father Maxwell, along with Alpha—a clone of Heero introduced to him by Lady Une—rallies the people to rise up. Master Chang, Doctor T, Professor W, and Catherine infiltrate the mobile doll plant "Vulcanus", hidden in Mars' satellite orbit, and successfully capture Dixneuf, the true mastermind behind everything. They obtain the deactivation code for PPP and succeed in shutting it down.
Heero, piloting the Snow White, fires the final of the Seven Dwarves—Gold—at Zechs's Epyon Unit-01, which had cornered Milliardo. The powerful EMP disables Zechs, who was an AI, bringing him to a halt. Babel and the main forces, including the Virgo IV units, also suffer system shutdowns, resulting in the Lanagrin Republic losing its military capabilities. Thus, the North-South Mars War comes to an end.
After the war, Heero appears at Mars' Winner Hospital, where Relena is spending time with her mother, carrying a letter in hand. As a vow to walk alongside Relena, who has returned to using the last name Darlian, Heero casts aside the name "Heero Yuy", the agent of the colonies, and returns to being just an ordinary boy. The letter he handed to Relena with his own hands for the first time contained a single line—a marriage proposal.
Treize File
A memory file in the virtual visor that was necessary for Heero's awakening.
It primarily depicts the process of Treize's character development, covering events from the meeting of his parents, Ain Yuy and Angelina Khushrenada, their elopement and eventual separation, the birth of Treize and his younger brother Vingt, the completion of the mobile suit and the founding of the Specials along with their first deployment, Vingt's takeover of the Romefeller Foundation, the Stormy Ocean Battle (First Lunar War), and the surprise attack by rebel forces during the Bulge Completion Ceremony that followed. It also records the tightening grip of the Romefeller Foundation on the colonies and culminates with Vingt's assassination.
Peacecraft File
A memory file created by combining the virtual visor data necessary for Heero's awakening with a file Hilde sent to Mille. It fills in the missing pieces of Relena's own awakening.
Centered on the twin princesses Sabrina and Katerina, who were born into the Peacecraft royal family, it portrays the daily struggles between the Earth Sphere Unified Alliance and the rebels, as well as the path of the young leader Heero Yuy. It records key events such as: the birth of the twin princesses in the year AC 130; the meeting between the young leader Heero Yuy and Katerina; the war between the Earth Sphere Unified Alliance and the Peacecraft Kingdom, which began in AC 145 when the rebels fled to the kingdom; the heroic actions of Katerina and the young five doctors during that conflict; Katerina's life as "Six Marquis" after ceding her name to Sabrina; her return following Sabrina's death; and Heero Yuy's appointment as deputy mayor of Emerald City.
Preventer 5
This is the CD scenario for the picture drama "New Mobile Report Gundam W: Frozen Teardrop – The Next Battle (Epyon Ares)", originally produced as a prologue to Frozen Teardrop and included as a special bonus with the Blu-ray Box 2.
In A.C. 197, the terrorist organization known as "The Next Government" seizes the Peacecraft castle in the Sanc Kingdom, which serves as Relena's residence. The group's leader, Dixneuf, aims to activate a genocide program called PPP in order to seize control of the Earth Sphere. To initiate PPP, a special computer located within the Sanc Kingdom Castle and the biometric authentication of a descendant of the Peacecraft royal family are required.
To resolve the crisis, Lady Une, head of Preventer, requests assistance from the former Gundam pilots. Thanks to their efforts, the terrorist incident is brought under control. However, the detonation of a planted nuclear bomb is linked to the activation of PPP. In order to save Heero's life—critically wounded during the operation—and to resolve the incident, Relena activates the PPP system.
To prevent the full activation of PPP, Relena chooses to enter cryogenic sleep in a stasis capsule designed by Doctor J. Heero, too, enters a separate capsule, prepared to ensure that if Relena were to awaken and unintentionally trigger the PPP, he would be able to carry out the only method of halting it: delivering Relena a peaceful death.