What do the insides of Hive Cities look like?

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**Huffy**

I have never found a good description of what they are like on the inside only that they have many levels, and that the rich live at the top of the hive, some help Dakka Dakka?

**karimabuseer**

They used to have a map of one with details on the GW website. I'll see if I can find it and post up a link. It has a rather nice pic in either the apocalypse or Cities of Death rulebook-I forgot :(
Also, it has some description in the necromunda rule book.
Edit- Sorry mate, it's been taken off the site. There's this though-http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Hive

**Vindicator#9**

I always though they would look kinda like how an ant farm would look with levels.

**HiddenPower**

I thought they were domes. A bunch of domes built on top of each other and over time the space between them gets filled up by other structures attached to them

**Asherian Command**

well they use to have a picture. I think i can describe it to you but not very well i have to check my sources : D.

**IvanTih**

Here's a several pics from german lexicanum

**IronChaos**

They may be as you imagine, basing on the posted pictures

**Dark Lord Seanron**

Well they are tall structures for sure, as a common feature appears to be spires, so they could appear like blackened, industrial mountains

**Zarco**

thought they looked like Bejing but with like 1000000000000000000 more people.

**metallifan**

Like the pictures indicate, they're basically just standard cities with each level built on top of the next. So streets on the bottom are typically not open to the sky, as other buildings and streets of the upper levels are built on top of them.

**Huffy**

So, essentially take the largest most populated city on earth and stack it on top of itself a couple thousand times

How do the various armies ever control the whole hive since you would have to take the city level by level

**Tortoiseer**

Well from huge populations come huge armies. No doubt it would take some time, but isn't that whats cities of death is for?

**Asherian Command**

: D YEP. Cities of Death PWNS. Also hive cities look kind of ugly.

**RxGhost**

Probably like this:

**Owain**

I agree.

Also, that picture is making me hungry.

**karimabuseer**

Huffy wrote:So, essentially take the largest most populated city on earth and stack it on top of itself a couple thousand times

How do the various armies ever control the whole hive since you would have to take the city level by level

In some of the larger hives, they leave the bottom level alone. On valhala, they send down troops with flamers every now and then. On necromunda, they just completely leave the lower levels (the "underhive").

**thesilverback**

Sounds about right the lower part of the hive (underhive)is the run down industrial part then there is the wall that seperates the underhive from the spire were the planetary governor and upper classes live.

The underhive in most cases is left to govern itself as long as manufacturing continues but sometimes the planetary governor may order a sweep of the underhive to fill out his quota for the imperial guard.

**karimabuseer**

thesilverback wrote:Sounds about right the lower part of the hive (underhive)is the run down industrial part then there is the wall that seperates the underhive from the spire were the planetary governor and upper classes live.

The underhive in most cases is left to govern itself as long as manufacturing continues but sometimes the planetary governor may order a sweep of the underhive to fill out his quota for the imperial guard.

On some cities, there's no manufactorum at all. The majority of stuff is imported. Necromunda make up with their enormous amonunt of guard though. Also, the underhives a nice place for cults to grow in strength and mutants to hide.

**Asherian Command**

How right you are. How right you are. Thats how the first war of Armaggedon started : D.