Talk:Landing Castle/@comment-98.154.223.128-20140912062027/@comment-25450485-20140924201120

I meant they were colonization machines for mars and possibly (future plans?) for other planets in the solar system.

The kataphracts of each orbital knight were most likely named after the territory they were originally overseeing/ruling. These territories were scattered all over mars so it is quite likely that they used the landing castles were used to colonize and protect each area since having all the colonists in one area would cause too much trouble in the long run.

The landing castles were most likely built in an orbital shipyard over mars, the builing materials were transported up there with the use of Aldnoah. Once completed the landing castle would descend to the desired location for the colony and start contruction. And since Aldnoah appears to supply energy infinitely (meaning it doesn't need to be refilled in some way) it was more advantageous to have a completed outpost at the target location right away rather than transporting the materials step by step to the location and slowly build a colony which would be vulnerable to attacks (rebels?)