40k Lore, Hive Cities

[@MachineMan-mj4gj]

So basically, a single Hive is the entire population of Earth, crammed into an area the size of two Mt. Everests stacked on top of each other, filled with mutants and so shitty to live in, it makes Eritrea look like a paradise.

[@nuktug]

yes, kind of, but twice the earths population is a very positive attitude towards that "problem"

[@rjwaters3]

+MachineMan1992 some have even more population 2-3trillion people and can be the size of a smallish country, he gave the upper limit of the numbers of population of hive worlds and hive cities as what the lower average is.

[@Brakiros]

+MachineMan1992 "15 billion people murdered in one terrifying hour" part of the Armageddon Black Crusade, and it was only a Church world. Not a Hive.

[@MatthewCampbell765]

"Batman wouldn't last a week in a Hive City". Someone really needs to test this theory.

[@FieldMarshalFry]

*Batman gets drafted into the Imperial Guard, gets killed in pointless assault on impregnable fortification*

[@MatthewCampbell765]

Field Marshal Fry OMG, it's Field Marshal Fry from TV Tropes, isn't it? It's me, Protagonist!

[@FieldMarshalFry]

Matthew Campbell yep, I'm all over the interweb

[@FieldMarshalFry]

Matthew Campbell and why do I find it unsurprising that you use the flag of the Abandoned Colonie-The United States here...

[@MatthewCampbell765]

Field Marshal Fry Because 'MURICA!! To be fair, I was born on Flag Day (which is today)

[@ursinewarrior5573]

Scientists asked 3 sci-fi fans if they would live in the sci-fi universe they love. The Star Trek fan said: Hell yeah i would. The Star Wars fan said: Yeah il do it. The Warhammer 40k fan said: Nah im good.

[@recklessgamers69]

more like Warhammer 40k fan: oh hell nah.

[@lelouche25]

unless your a Marine xD

[@HeatIIEXTEND]

+Ursine Warrior loled :D

[@WolfenDay]

+Ursine Warrior I dunno' man. Slaaneshi cults seem a lot of fun! ( maybe )

[@nolanbeardy8212]

+Yuki Terumi You mean Ultra Marine. any other marine is inferior.

[@dmjnoble]

There should be a Hive management video game, that could be fun.

[@Anonnymouse53]

+dmjnoble I'd love to see a fps game set in a hive city.

[@dmjnoble]

That would be pretty cool, Killing mutants in the underhive and just being a jerk to people on the lower to mid levels as part of the arbites.It would be an awesome looking setting. That sort of game would make a good RPG as well if you could pick how you want to play. Become a crime kingpin or a heretic or something. Was thinking management would be fun though. Squashing mutant rebelions, making sure you have enough food, plages killing people in the lower levels, having trade routs cut off by enemy space ships, Hive quakes, erning enough favour with the Imperium government to reques support for different things, expanding your hive, acquiring Standard Template Construct, choosing what to manurfacture, pollution levels, building relationships with other planets, making shady deals with ailens like the tau or eldar behind the Imperiums back, exterminating chaos followers, deciding to be a good leader for you people or a tyrannical overlord, Invasions, character assassinations..... The list keeps going of things that could be in there. The more I think about it, the more I want it lol

[@aennaenn7468]

BUILD a hive, a la skyscraper tycoon.

[@LordCHull]

+dmjnoble GTA Necromunda

[@LtCWest]

+dmjnoble HiveCity 40k Edition ^^

[@informationyes]

even robocop wants nothing to do with the under hives

[@bloodydove5718]

+Daniel rogers i think even Judge Dredd would be like "Na, man."

[@informationyes]

bloodydove5718 I AM THE LA Ohhhhhh SH*T!

[@brendameistar]

+Daniel rogers hahha made me laughed XD!

[@NetMoverSitan]

"Dead or Al...(gets shoot a lot) argh..."

[@KetaceanKyle]

NetMoverSitan I mean robocop has tanked tons of rifle fire and even Lazer shots so he probably has a better shot of survival in the underhives then most fictional crime fighters.

[@Vulpsune]

"no suicide jumping" Penalty: Death

[@Garangus]

The empire would find away to do that.

[@johnfraire6931]

Sentences are carried out through next of kin in the event of death from the sentenced.

[@peiranzhang4283]

Rotten brains? Nooooooooo, just take a gypsy, it's much more fresh

[@GreaterGrievobeast55]

They revive your corpse to do service as a lobomized labor aberration

[@comradetonk8280]

@@jacobtasker1370 that's too much of an honor for cowardly suicide. They'll just turn you into a corpse dust meal.

[@gilzineto]

"it's like a million miles of ghetto! except it's vertical." You are literally describing a Favela...

[@Archon3960]

Just like that, but even bigger... x)

[@C2a3u7a9]

A man of culture here!

[@notaheretic6675]

to be fair the favelas don't have fuckin' mutants and doomsday cults

[@TalonAshlar]

there is light in a favela

[@TalonAshlar]

@@notaheretic6675 Well actually people with genetic disorders tend to end up in the favela's and some of the Evangelical groups that proselytise there are pretty fundamentalist. I reckon give them another 1000 years and we'll be talking about the Rio De Janeiro Underhive.

[@alistird.5338]

Let me save you half an hour. Imagine Detroit on a planet wide scale. That's a hive city.

[@sircastic959]

You mean something that makes Detroit look like the most posh and orderly gated community on a planet wide scale.

[@Xarcht]

Or maybe New York City with a president in charge of it.

[@Tarumarugan]

Alistir D. Lolz aye man fuck you 🖕🏾🖕🏾🖕🏾😂😂😂

[@Ignorethisuk]

But I thought Detroit on a planet wide scale would be the new Necrons? Aka space Egyptians?

[@noobsmasher123]

@@Ignorethisuk we wuz toom lawds n sheeeit

[@tomawesomeface5552]

"This is where the slav-eeeh-uuuh... citizens... live"

[@romulusnuma116]

They seem more like serfs to me.

[@jeffreycollins5368]

+Tom Awesomeface Aaand up top is where their mastaaaaaaah.... politicians and other wealthy CITIZENS live.

[@tavernburner3066]

+Jeffrey Collins excuse me their "job creators". Know your place slavaaaah .... productive member of society.

[@carsoncasmirri3874]

So the under hive makes Detroit look like a model city of law and order

[@Killeraholic]

The Under Hive makes Hondouras (the country with the highest crime rate on earth) look like a model of Law and Order

[@jameslyddall]

Carson Casmirri cyber punk Detroit?

[@tariqahmad1371]

What about the under underhive?

[@VoidplayLP]

6:27 "No suicide Jumping, use next bridge"...best sign i ever read.

[@davisdelp8131]

Hahahhaah

[@crassiewassie8354]

They can literally enforce this as well because servitors exist

[@BirdRaiserE]

Take the waste generated by the hiveworlds.... And drop it on the enemies of the Imperium.

[@romulusnuma116]

How you gonna transport it?

[@diamondmetal3062]

+Romulus Numa pump it out through the top, like a shit volcano!

[@903strikerunit]

+Jamie Diamond tub girl style right?

[@diamondmetal3062]

+kyubey, the cute little devil wait, what?

[@arielsolomon5645]

conscript muties, and just drop the entire ship on the planet. Fuck muties.

[@BulletBill64]

So 40.000 years into the future and the empire of men has basicly devolved into Skaven?

[@steelbear2063]

Only in Hives

[@AleksandrPodyachev]

what are Skaven?

[@steelbear2063]

Aleksandr Podyachev Rat-people from Warhammer Fantasy

[@Gunnar001]

Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40k are two separate universes.

[@AlmightyPi]

there are theories they aren't

[@SultanOfAwesomeness]

"...And buttloads of mutated gangsters." Law and Order: Imperium, anybody?

[@sindrimyr4389]

+Sultan i'd watch that

[@EtherealDoomed]

I need this in my life

[@blutkreuz2901]

In the imperial justice system, the people are represented by two separate, yet equally important, groups: the adeptus arbites, who investigate crime; and the ordo hereticus, who persecute the offenders. These are their stories.

[@jojo-wx8kw]

+Blutkreuz God dammit! Stop teasing me with stuff that will never happen!

[@evanremillard5640]

+Blutkreuz "dum dum."

[@ragerancher]

Dozens of AAA batteries? Can't imagine that would power it for long.

[@thedarkmaster4747]

+ragerancher GUNS... turrets with guns.

[@KaiCalimatinus]

Gonna need some D-cells for those.

[@TomaszWota]

Obviously they use those AAAs with Batterizer in 40th millennium. ;)

[@purplexenno]

you obviously don't know about what the mechanicus has done to the energizer bunny.

[@KaiCalimatinus]

The fur came off, now its just a skeletal, glorious iron frame of a bunny-Titan and it runs off a plasma reactor.

[@FTLAD]

Surprised at the lack of star wars jokes in the comments. And allow me to rectify this absolutely abhorrent disaster. "You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious."

[@baker90338]

French Toast that’s necromunda. This area is Detroit.

[@omegawilliam95s36]

That’s because every hive is basically equally shit no matter what planet it’s on.

[@attila535]

And people say Coruscant is is an overbuilt mess. Think again the Imperium has tons of these kind of worlds.

[@omegawilliam95s36]

Literal mountains of metal and hatred, like to see a Jedi go through one of those.

[@Nempo13]

Here is the problem. You still see land, and can GET to the ground/land under a Hive City. Hive Cities are SMALL compared to planets like Coruscant and Nar Shadaa. It's been OVER 50k years since anyone has even seen hints of the ground on Coruscant. Nar Shadaa is similarly over built. Hive Cities are like the first cell of a true City Planet on the scale of Coruscant. Nar Shadaa even has gangs that produce things that are honestly far worse than Servitors. Servitors are mind wiped and no longer aware. The slaver gangs are known for kidnapping people for the sole purpose of turning them into living droids. You are awake, aware, fully concious and perfectly able to think. You feel everything just fine. However, a droid brain is in total control of your movement and uses your mouth to speak for itself giving you no way to communicate with the outside world. So you feel whatever the droid does to your body. Living a complete personal hell, never able to communicate with anyone (not even the droid brain), forced to witness whatever the droid uses your body for with no means to even attempt to take control back.

[@sebastiankrant2738]

Considering the Batman-concept. There has been similar cases, where Batman actually managed that .Of course, in terms of fighting, he would be ash in a few seconds. So, with him spawning in the underhive he would be dead. Just as he would be if spawning random in gotham. But Bruce Wayne would get shit done. Think, a noble. Rich even by their standards. Utterly philantropic, while looking so idealistic, that no one thinks of him as a threat. Now, give this noble the gear and training of the most aggressive inquisitors out there, with a tactical and political understanding that would make St. Drusus envious even from the grave. Now, to explain this, it will of course take a quite lengthy expression (which is of course just a best case scenario). Batman never stopped crime in gotham. He stops the supervillains, yes, but the actual decrease in crime was done by Bruce Wayne, with the help of Batman. Batman allowed him to gain the knowledge and proof Bruce Wayne needed to fight the corruption. And of course, he scared the "better" leaders to become more corrupt So all that he really had to do, at least in a hive in 40k, is, to expose the corruption of the nobles. Easy for Batman. And since the only reason, the nobles are not burned at stake for beeing corrupt is simply, that it is unbelievable that a highborn could be a bad person; once it would be shown, the Adeptus Arbites or the Ministronum would take a huge interest in seeing those heretics die in the most cruel way possible. With that out of the way, living standards start increasing. Corruption is decreased and, having bought most of the lost property of the heretics, the main industry is now lead by a genius. And the nobles not killed are of course scared. Not by the bat beating them up, but making them lose their riches. Now, beeing a smart guy, Wayne wouldnt let the rest of the Imperium know that, it would instantly increase taxes. And beeing the Batman it isnt realyl his job to scare the various mutations and monsters, thats more or less impossible. But, with the increasing living standards, Wayne provides the carrot, while Batman provides the stick for the various low lifes, making legal work more attractive then crime. And the underhive would simply slowly but surely die out. After all, waste can be reduced and with a working economy, the proper Adeptus Arbites can get rolling. Let by a crazed millionaire, who, with all the shit going down in the hive, probably has an army of Robins made out of the various orphans, they could slowly take ground. And something that (granted, most often by the writers) is overlooked: Batmans no-kill rule is no moral codex, its a trauma. Technicly, crippling someone beyond beeing able to life is totally possible. And imposing extremly harsh, almost dictatorial conditions simply to hold a higher living standard is also totally possible.

[@grand_max66]

7:26 You know it's bad if there's a sign telling you not to jump and commit suicide and to use the next bridge.

[@sherabtod3728]

lol didnt notice that thanks for the laugh

[@RS250Squid]

The thing is I would actually go "Huh, whatever" and use the next bridge :p.

[@ASlickNamedPimpback]

Where???

[@grand_max66]

@@ASlickNamedPimpback Bottom left-hand corner, red sign

[@Nomadic_Inquisitor]

They should've put a recruitment poster there instead.

[@mattward4916]

I have one complaint about GW's hive cities and their designs NEEDZ MOE DAKKA

[@codyarcher3263]

actually if there was ever a ork invasion the underhive is full of orks as well

[@mikelasley8784]

+Cody Archer right next your gonna tell me chaos lives down there.....wait, next your gonna tell me Tyranids live dow....wait, next your gonna tell me hives were built on tomb worlds and that necrons that awaken build up their armies in the confusion of the underhive, because now you're just being ridiculous............wait humanity really is fucked aren't they.

[@mattward4916]

+Genetic Heresy just put a baneblade inside one of these guns which shoot baneblades in turn themselves while in mid air

[@Buzzy_Bland]

Matt Ward Hey, not demanding more Ultramarines? That’s good, that’s probably the Prozac. How are the side effects, can you pee all right?

[@lioneljonson8556]

We still have the Land Ships of Zayth.

[@MonoVideo93]

Metro 40K: Underhive

[@RokuroCarisu]

yottabyte An X-COM-like tactics RPG based on Necromunda would be nice. There already was a game kind of like that: Warhammer 40.000 Chaos Gate. But it was Ultramarines vs. Word Bearers, and that's about as vanilla as 40k can get.

[@coliimusic]

I'd imagine it as a very closed in FPS with some large open fuckfests of gunfire and skull bashing

[@StevenSimard]

Do want.

[@coliimusic]

Think of space hulk with occaisonal bursts of battlefront

[@weldonwin]

No, even 40K isn't as miserable as the Metro series.

[@mikeloeven]

just remember the best way to prevent Tyranid foot holds in a hive city is to report all instances of lost or stolen pants to your local Ordo Xenos branch immediately

[@johnchong7664]

+Ashen One Never heard that one. Hilarious! Praised be the Emperor.

[@inquisitorthomasdefinitely536]

Mike Loeven well done civilian

[@ScientaEstVox]

Yea, I'd join the guard too, live 40 years in a hive never seeing the sun, slowly dying of the stench and terri8le living conditions, or die in my 20s 8eing slain 8y a warp spawn of Khorne, 8ut hey, I got to wear a cool uniform, and saw the sun, and space, and other interesting things along the way.

[@ScientaEstVox]

+Vri Vri Hey may8e I am 8orn near the Tau Empire, and I can defect and 8ecome a Gue'vesa

[@fackrez11]

+Vri Vri Join the greater good and you will be rewarded

[@ScientaEstVox]

***** Oh I know, if at all possi8le I'd always end up in the Tau Empire, its just 8etter, 8ut its always a matter of how. Moving around as an imperial citizen is hard.

[@fackrez11]

***** Luck, lol. Hopefully they invade your world, I'd join the imperial guard just to defect.

[@Tribune_of_Italia]

Do you know the difference between "B" and "8"

[@CyanideSovereign]

Warhammer 40k, like your usual sci-fi dystopia, but worse. #grimdark

[@RamRam.720]

Still doesn't compare to a Christmas EastEnders episode #grimdarktotheextreme

[@thedarkmaster4747]

+MrRamram720 >XD

[@orionparish9858]

The thing about Judge Dread, is that the Mega Cities of the comic were an isnpiration for Hive Cities. Dredd came first, remember that. Also, Games-Workshop used to have a Judge Dread RPG at the same time 40k was beginning.

[@JCDenton2012Modder]

There is an exception to being able to defend an Imperial Hive from a numerically inferior foe. In Deadmen Walking, a Necon tomb awake in the middle of an Imperial Hive and quickly overwhelmed its defenders. Apparently, the Necron solution to taking the Hive was quite simple... demolish it. They literally gutted the entire hive creating a massive crater of collapsed buildings. I personally enjoyed that book since it gave us a good glimpse of the Death Korps of Krieg.

[@axipixel5811]

+Logan Snider The thing about attacking a Hive or anything in general is you generally still want it to exist afterwards, you just want to be in control of it now.

[@MyTube31581]

Ah yes I love the logic of the Imperium. They throw buildings ontop of each other and then throw the fresh recruited soldiers in very big waves at the enemy :D

[@thehajduk6451]

+HorrorKuchen Those Hive thingies look like Minas Tirith on steroids :)) Especially the one from 4:31

[@Funkopotomis]

+HorrorKuchen a guy i know once described a typical imperium hive city as "Imagine Detroit but much bigger and then another but slightly smaller Detroit on top of that. Do that until you get a tiny amount of upper class housing and you have a hive city."

[@MyTube31581]

Funkopotomis Well this description is pretty accurate... except for the missing radioactive dump that is :D

[@sanadayukimura1615]

Forever a loner since i have gotten into these great contents Chaos seems like a 50/50 choice, depends on the day/ happening ? ( i was a Dark Angels follower as a kid anyway ha )

[@jackrabbit7349]

Hmmm ... Sounds like ... HERESY!!!!

[@1stshockarmy]

Vertical Slums? *FUTUUUUURE*

[@romulusnuma116]

Order now and get free mutant gangster limited time offer!

[@gwailo1056]

+Romulus Numa BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE

[@skyhawkthegerbila-4977]

I think the real life version is the kowloon slum in hong kong

[@WarriorofCathar]

Brendan McLaughlin That would be a tiny fraction of a percent of a hive city. But a good real life analogy. Hive Cities typically house billions of people and stretch kilometers high into the sky. Kowloon WC housed about 33k residents (0.001% hive city population) and was only 13 or so, floors high.

[@skyhawkthegerbila-4977]

I know it is rather miniscule but I think it mirrors the concept.

[@mathiasdark1654]

i agree

[@mivapusa]

I quite enjoy your videos, especially when you explain tedious subjects with a good dose of humor.

[@claypidgeon4807]

7:57 I can hear quadrillions of obese Batman fanboys screeching with rage. But you're right about Batman's hopelessness against any underhive, Nostramo especially - although "wouldn't last a week" is a funny way to say "would be tortured, raped, mutilated, murdered, and eaten (not necessarily in that order) within ten minutes of arrival."

[@jhauptmann9850]

I just love this video, it's so well put forth and so entertaining that every week or so I just like to let it run while painting. And it amused me thinking about it that Dark Eldar could live with Imperials, on Hive Worlds or even most ships or other fairly industrial places with no need to ever hurt anyone, compleatly overwhelmed with so much abject misery, hopelessness, sorrow, fear, pain, and death which never, ever ends.

[@wezurii5096]

6:02 "no suicide jumping" yep, that'll stop 'em.

[@lizrenarts7487]

And they can, Cybernetics and Pychic shit and what not.

[@Sjilaj]

It's just a friendly reminder to use the next bridge.

[@Wolfkin18]

"Attacking a hive city is impossible" Tell that to the Orks that attacked Armageddon and got pretty close!

[@sadenar2719]

But the Orks can even stall a tyranid fleet for a time,so Orks can do relatively everything(except diplomacy)

[@zero5496]

orks can do diplomacy, just the super aggressive version

[@diamondmetal3062]

+Jason Jiang Well actually, there was a warboss known only as "The Beast" (I REALLY hope Arch makes a video on him) who actually used Ork diplomats, as in actual diplomats, to unify the Ork tribes and even mock the High Lords of Terra. There's a reason he was so destructive.

[@zero5496]

interesting I never thought orks has diplomats

[@diamondmetal3062]

+Jason Jiang well, normally they don't. The only instance of them being used was in the War of the Beast.

[@shamusfarmer]

I dont think you're giving Batman enough credit, here. He adapts. He wouldn't go to an underhive in his normal get up, he'd go in fully armored and (non-lethally) armed.

[@sacredpaladin5446]

He would be eaten by Cannabals wielding Bolt Guns. Doesn't matter what armour he has it's not standing up to a fully automatic nuclear grenade launcher at point blank range.

[@phelan8385]

​@@sacredpaladin5446then he would be very sneaky

[@sunttu333]

Less than a 30 minute lore video? Blasphemy!

[@internetzenmaster8952]

+sunttu333 Don't you mean 'HERESY!'?

[@delta8270]

+Internet Zen Master Copyright Strike filed

[@tergelaltankhuyag8206]

multiple lore videos in a week christmas must be eaarly

[@hedgehog3180]

Really it's stuff like this that is the reason why the imperium wont be able to maintain itself long term.

[@ThePlandaly]

+hedgehog3180 HERETIC!!!

[@redcardinalist]

+hedgehog3180 You mean like the 1000s of years it has already? ;)

[@ThePeacemaker848]

+hedgehog3180 thats racist

[@4wheal]

It has lasted for 10000 years now who is that not long term?

[@Brakiros]

+hedgehog3180 did you not listen to what he said, some of these cities have been around for 10 thousand years. They have already sustained themselves long term. Its generational conditioning, it is all they know and all they will ever know.

[@rubenplooster5227]

Ah, I was hoping for a Spyrer callout. Nobles getting bored and start hunting "the most dangerous game". Putting on odd power armour and descending into the underhive to hunt and kill gangers.

[@hawkeyegough9090]

+Ruben Plooster i can only imagine if they tried to do that in some night lords style place and getting hunted down and gutted

[@rubenplooster5227]

+Hawkeye Gough Well, it's imperial nobility that does it and they're not looking for a fair fight. just a hunt on gangers, scavvies and perhaps the odd lost Arbites patrols.

[@earlgrey2130]

Ever since i've played necromunda when i was young.. i fell in love with the lore behind hive cities. Now that i'm older i found that the only way to revisit the terrible and fascinating underhive is to DM a Dark Heresy campaign for my friends and take them there on investigative duties for an inquisitor. This video helps in preparation with getting the lore and the ambiance right :) Thx a lot.

[@fkoffrtrd]

Under hive sounds like India.

[@RealLargeManTheGiantOne]

Deus except that in the underhive they're civilised enough not to shit in the street

[@NoBody-em2mf]

You should come to India and tell your opinion after seeing India..... You americans think that you are the only clivilized country in the world...... When your ancestors were roaming around naked we were writing novels at that time.... Don't teach us India is civilized or not.

[@NoBody-em2mf]

@Albania GamesRecords yeah i know that..... The oversmart nobody

[@minoreror9961]

Jony Sutradhar I agree

[@noobsmasher123]

@@NoBody-em2mf then stop shitting in the street, maybe also try drafting a law that concerns rape, unless that changed. also stop using call centers to scam people. china sucks too, japan licks ass and free tibet. fuck most of western europe and fuck the entire yucatan.

[@fort809]

Ayyyy, when I heard you mention Vraks in this video years ago I never in a million years thought you’d ever actually do it. Here’s to what this channel’s become!

[@kovi567]

6:15 No suicide jumping! Use next bridge.

[@noneofyourbiz5307]

+Máté Kovács attempted suicide is punishable by sentencing into penal legion

[@kovi567]

Noneof Yourbiz Logic! You want to end your miserable life, and because of that, the govnerment put you into an even bigger shithole, for the reason of why not?

[@SamJohnston91]

more that it's a sin against the God Emperor to not waste your life in a more productive way

[@morgant.dulaman8733]

I doubt anyone would read this, but in 40k, I doubt Batman would even make an impression. Think about it, in a neighborhood of mutants, cyborgs, and radiation-glowing monsters, a guy in a Bat Suit would probably look like an upper-hivesman sneaking around trying to fit in.

[@alotosius]

Wow, no wonder so many convert to the Tau way of life, they have free dental.

[@Leivve]

+alotosius Why would you want to join the alien when you can stay in the hive and embrace the emperor? Food, water, sanitation and proper health are only for the weak. Those who follow the emperor don't need those things because they have him.

[@rahbaralhaq]

+Leivve *Meanwhile in the warp* Emperor: *Facepalms* If I ever manage to get out of here, the Ministorum and I are going to have a long chat. Preferably with bolt rounds.

[@rubenplooster5227]

Tau will sacrifice your children to their dark gods, the Imperial Infantryman's Uplifting Primer (Damocles Gulf Edition) says so.

[@Leivve]

+Rik Raptor They can keep the hats though.

[@93Avenger93]

+alotosius yes ... the tau way of life ... where you are chemicaly sterilized, literaly mind-scrubed (at least in the imperium they only mind rape you if they find out you have bad thoughts, tau just scrub you out of principle), your reproduction is strictly done via lab methods and aproved by your glorious alien overlords and of you are good little loyal drone, then maybe just maybe your children might be considered second class citizens of the empire, as oposed to "guest workforce" status that you will live with for your entire life. I love how people like to pretend the tau are good guys and all noble and shit ... when in reality they are just as bad as the imperium if not worse (at least the imperium won't sterilize you just for beeing a different species).

[@muaz91]

Sounds like China.

[@piziskewl]

+Muaz Awan zing

[@brendameistar]

+piziskewl inapropes

[@muaz91]

+brendameistar Yeah I thought so too. I think he wants to start something stupid so let's not satisfy him.

[@netherwalker1762]

+Muaz Awan And now his name is "The Stoned Videogame Nerd"... Yep, definitely trying to start something.

[@LCliffhanger]

+Muaz Awan yeah china x45,000,000,000

[@Dasmaster1]

"Down here." .. oh.. are we speaking in first person here now? Well good luck DOWN THERE! :D

[@nullpoint3346]

Das Neko It's more like, "Where do you want this?" "Over here. (points to a settlement on your map)"

[@25Crow25]

Lol get drafted into the guard, sent to drown the enemy in your blood.

[@swordguy6368]

Oh arch we don't call 40k Batman "Batman" we call him "The Night Haunter"

[@GirlyKat9001]

Only 20 minutes? Arch, I am dissapoint.

[@KarimAkors]

" the locals are a wounderfull mix of "What is wrong with humanity"

[@adamfox1669]

I don’t comment much, but you’re a wonderful addition to 40k/gaming community. I truly enjoy all your posts/commentary. Thanks!

[@GUMMRUCHK]

If I was a human in the Warhammer 40k universe I think I would try one of two things join the Imperial Guard and go die a horrific death at the hands of Aliens or Heretics or try to defect to the Tau Empire either way at least I am not in a god damn hive city

[@ammugonevil]

+GUMMRUCHK I would join the Eldar.. one of those witches would most definately fall for my charms...

[@ammugonevil]

+Nils Ingvar yeah... but at least the Eldar look human

[@ammugonevil]

+Nils Ingvar imperial propaganda .... the Elder respect psionic capabilities...

[@ammugonevil]

+Nils Ingvar *waves hand ineffectively*... ah shit

[@GUMMRUCHK]

ammugonevil Even if you could join the Eldar how would you find them they live in cloaked city ships and are insanely difficult to locate

[@crosswire40]

This is great. As someone who knows nothing about 40k but has friends who won't cease speaking about it I found this very informative and entertaining to listen to. Your voice is pleasing to listen to and you're very descriptive!

[@ericlarrieu-let5757]

Hive worlds: Star Wars' Coruscant's gothic cousins.

[@shootingbricks8554]

Chicago, Baltimore and Detroit are a smaller scale of the under hive.

[@Solteszka]

Straight outta underhive

[@bradymenting5120]

you'd think hive cities would be extremely susceptible to plagues... but as it turns out having poisonous industrial waste trickling down on you from the upper levels makes it pretty hard for pathogens to survive as well.

[@omegawilliam95s36]

That’s what the Corpse Grinders are for.

[@pedrokantor3997]

OMG Arch! One of my favorite subjects of Warhammer! Why did you have to upload it while I have an assignment due? Now I'm in a dilemma!

[@thenobledildo8870]

Batman gets transported there with a boomtube.

[@TheClassicalSauce]

Great stuff. 40k is my favorite IP, and stuff like this is the reason. The imagination runs wild when one thinks about it. The whole time you were talking I was thinking about writing a story, or running a tabletop RPG. The problem with the former is anything I would write having to do with 40k would probably be labeled either pornography or obscene, which would preclude it from obtaining any kind of licensing. The fact is that the true 40k universe is absolutely vile, and if it were to be told in that way, most people would find it incredibly offensive and unfit for all but a small segment of the population. The Japanese would probably dig it, though. I'd love to write a story about an inquisitor hunting down a cabal of heretics dedicated to Slaanesh in the lower hives. Classic 41st millennium detective story mixed with "se7en" style perversion and horror. Add in some Lovecraft and you have a truly twisted tale.

[@juanescobarrojas8330]

Oooooooooo...ill dig it.

[@shaunburns3332]

Sounds good

[@ArdanTheHalfDragon]

Dude. I'd help with that shit.

[@violetsapphire952]

So, this is the first video of yours that I have watched. ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS! You, sir, are a genius. I will definitely be following your content.

[@yognut72]

'the levels of fuck... no.' lost it

[@LucasJAmmons]

A hive World is basically Coruscant or Nar Shaddaa. By the way Coruscant has one trillion plus inhabitants "Over a trillion beings resided on the planet" starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Coruscant. starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Nar_Shaddaa/Legends

[@jberg1794]

yes arch that is a good idea take your time to make it epic.

[@jerrymartin7019]

Everyone gangsta 'till the class system starts speaking sky scraper

[@JoaquinIgnacioRodri]

Arch at the end you didnt wish us a good day :(

[@zaqzilla1]

Considering the number of people in a hive I don't think you'd have a problem staying warm.

[@fumarc4501]

Lore video on hive gangs and factions next?

[@BlackFox_632]

Doesnt sound like a city where you go outside more a quick breeze...

[@anartismal]

Why would you even build like that when you can spread out, you literally have all the space in the world

[@foty8679]

Most planets are toxic wastelands, also like he said, some planets are coverd in hives.

[@JudgeENZA]

You cannot compare a mega city to a hive city ....trust me

[@calumdeighton]

I love the batman part it is very funny. But one thing that strikes me as impressive now is the fact that the Death Krop of Krieg who specializes in siege warfare actually go for places like this on a daily basic almost. That really strikes me how impressive the Krieg troopers are.

[@ancientarts6019]

+Calum Deighton Wasn't it a detachment of Krieg whom were meant to be bodyguards for a political envoy to a Hive city, Who had the envoy killed, And they ended up destroying all the communication satelites and sieged the place until the whole thing was destroyed. I destinctly remember the siege continued six years after the Hive announced surender Haha.

[@calumdeighton]

+Ancient Arts I know which your talking about, but what happened was a rebellion happened and Krieg was sent in and the sieged the place for X long

[@ancientarts6019]

Calum Deighton Determined little bastards for regular humans aren't they.

[@calumdeighton]

Ancient Arts History has shown many bloody determined men to fight to the bitter end.

[@ancientarts6019]

Calum Deighton Couldn't be more true! You seen Frankyin1080P's little series on gritty guys in history? It really shows you the diffrence betwen regular humans who are afraid in war, And those who are determined. Theres a history about a man whos squad was pinned down, And everyone was afraid of geting shot so they didn't shoot back, And he alone scared the Nazi's so much they eventually tried a bayonet charge! And he described it has a duck hunt, '' You don't want to shoot the one in the front because then the rest will flee, You shoot the one in the back then move your way up.'' ... Abseloutely terryfingly enough he managed to pull his entire squad out from a full rout into a winning postion. a Man with a will is worth twenty men with no vission I'd say.

[@lordaloa]

wwatched the entire videos subbed immediately good work man keep these up I love warhammer

[@Ebb0Productions]

This one was pretty interesting.

[@ruscellotwitch4617]

Brilliant. Just brilliant in your delivery and explanation. VERY entertaining :-) Thanks

[@reecedignan8365]

Arch: 'The under hive is the most vile of places. Actually even worse' Me: so Glasgow Plus I really want to see a crossover comic where batman and the joker are transported to a hive. Batman and The Joker VS Necromunda

[@93Avenger93]

+Reece Dignan it would end in under 5 seconds given what gangs can pack in necromunda. 40k is so over the top you can't really transport anything in it without it getting killed rapidly. That beeing said, I can see the Joker becoming a gang leader easily and maybe even a chaos cult leader potentialy ascending to a powerfull servant of tzeench. Alternatively, Cegorath and him become best pals and troll the universe endlessly. Batman would die in 5 seconds though ... either gangers gun him down with bolters or the arbites kill him for beeing a deviant (what maner of sane servant of the emperor dreses like the maniacs of the night lords traitor legion).

[@reecedignan8365]

+93Avenger93 yeah, I know that. But I just want to see Joker bring his clown goons into another gangs territory, thinking he would be able to deal with them like in the comics and batman show up to deal with it and well.... Esher: blow both of them apart with flame throwers and autoguns + their ratlin compatriots. Van Sarr: turns them to piles of goo with plasma and other advanced tech. Pretty much they would get brutalised, but I just want to see their reaction. Plus it will train the gangers I need for the guardsmen regiments. We have a planet full of xeno, mutant, sorcerer pony pony (I think that's what their called) here. (Raises bolt pistol to your head (you have 2 options. 1.Do not speak of this or the Inquatision and I, will deal with you. Or 2.You join the regiment and help deal with the xeno scum) choose wisely)

[@RuSosan]

+Reece Dignan Necromunda already has one weird-ass mix of the Joker and Batty. *Klovis The Redeemer.*

[@reecedignan8365]

+RuSosan yeah! And they already have a Harley too, Mad Donna Ulanti (well an even more fucked up Harley). Plus the romance between her and the joker would be hilarious. Instead of Harley always trying to please/siduse joker and him being unotticing/uncaring. This one would be the joker running for his life as mad Donna tried to cave his head in. The women of Esher can be a bitch at 99% of times.

[@ethanmcrae1665]

I really enjoy your lore videos. I like Warhammer and 40k alot and so look for new lore videos in other channels. The thing that sets yours and Grey Hunters apart from the rest is how animated you both are when you speak. I can tell that you are very enthusiastic about the hobby and its infectious

[@jameslyddall]

Difficult to think of 40k history when I think of human history in AD terms. 2000 years since the Romans and look how much history has occurred. Now imagine settled worlds colonies growing from “the Martian” style habitats to hive cities. 38k worth of future history. That’s why I love warhammer 40k Heck Star Trek was only 300 odd so years into the future lol

[@LucasJAmmons]

Coruscant population: One Trillion+. Beat that Holy Terra..."Over a trillion beings resided on the planet, starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Coruscant warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Terra

[@Niels-iy4ns]

7:03 did anyone else see the suicide sign

[@clothar23]

I just want to know how they would enforce it...turn your sad remains into a servitor ?

[@brycencusson7104]

Hive City: I'm an inpenitrable fortress WAAAAAAAAG: Challenge exepted

[@MmmChipotle]

Thanks Arch!

[@suidberd968]

is music to my ears groans of millions of voices begging for salvation emperor protects

[@RuSosan]

+Suidberd Pfft, that clown couldn't even protect himself.

[@RokuroCarisu]

It actually gets worse than this. Imagin a hive world the size of an entire subsector, where everyone not a literal slave is either a sadistic space pirate or something far, FAR worse, and the only real law is "Don't displease the Overlord". That's Commorragh in a nutshell.

[@sherabtod3728]

is this from 40k?

[@royalsunce]

yup the dark eldar are kind of bastards how are the dark eldar you might ask well you know the eldar murder f***ing that birthed a choes god? well that that is the dark eldar

[@sherabtod3728]

i only didnt recognise the name, but thanks for the effort

[@diamondmetal3062]

True, but all Dark Eldar seem to feel right at home in that kill-or-be-killed life. It's the slaves that are worse off but that's because they're basically pain-bags

[@naoura4939]

Now I'm wondering if there are Hive worlds strictly designed for building Hives. That amount of material would not be easy to produce, and you would want the resources of that planet to be dedicated to something OTHER than constructing a Hive, so that would mean you would want someone else to "build" the Hive, and then assemble it on site. An Ikea city, if you will. That would take care of practically the entire city, while the Underhive would form out of the undesirables simply getting hemmed into an area together. Nowhere else for them to go, so they make their own damned city.

[@EpsilonNPC]

Love those pictures!

[@tvfreakman611]

Love your lore videos. Didn't know very much about Warhammer canon before I started watching these besides the fact that it's imaginative and way out there. Keep them coming. I'd like to hear more about the Green Skins evolution from savage to space faring. Do the advanced Orks use their savage brethren as cannon fodder like their fantasy counterparts do?

[@internetzenmaster8952]

+tvfreakman611 Yup. There's a weapon created by the Ork Mekboyz called the Shokk-Attack Gun, which literally uses Snotlings as living ammo (they get sucked up through some kind of vacuum apparatus and come out the 'gun end').This is made even worse when said Shokk-Attack gun shoots these Snotlings *into the Warp*, with the idea being said poor lil' sods will come out in front of (or more preferably, INSIDE the body of) the Ork's target stark raving mad and/or more violent than a Khorne Berserker that was forced to live as a pacifist for an entire week. That's *if* the unlucky Snotlings even make it out of the Warp after being shot into, and don't just disappear altogether.

[@omegawilliam95s36]

There’s a subsect of Orks known as the Snake Bites, basically they’re Orks who got lost on a planet long enough that either they lose all knowledge of advanced technology or only retain enough for “basic” things like cybernetic Squigs and revolver type guns. Whenever more advanced Orks come across these lads they at least make an effort to reintegrate them with their own shootas and vehicles, though most Snake Bites prefer their old fashioned gear instead.

[@Amazing20225]

You're wrong about Batman. He would easily clean up the Hive Cities. Fear is a wonderful tool. And Batman is already in WH30k. He's called Conrad Curze ;)

[@VikingDrummerRob]

"seeing the sun to and from work", sounds much like Norwegian summer there.

[@zero5496]

i wish i live in such a universe

[@diamondmetal3062]

You're crazy. I like you.

[@zero5496]

Jamie Diamond lmao, well thank you

[@balazssimon1647]

Imagine having a moderate hive quake exposing a large part of the underhive under a hab' block and the more interesting elements of society are having a fun round with the locals while the Arbities assemble the shotgun troops...

[@joristurk]

one of my favorite things of wh40k !

[@TerribilisScriptor]

very well done, conveys everything nessecary to know about hives. i like these videos.

[@McFrager]

'Space Marine: Enter the Hive'. (Counting on you THQ). ...Maybe the plot could be that the major underhive gangs have all joined up without reason (heresy expected; tyranid infiltration feared -spoiler: it's a dark eldar ..pretending to be a disillusioned eldar seer?) and they've taken charge of a powerplant. They then threaten to use it as a bomb if their demands aren't met (better living conditions, the head governor, more weapons, etc, etc) ...When in reality the dark eldar plans to use it to build a warpgate (or distraction, depending on how things work out). ...Or shorten the scope a bit into; 'inquisitor gets sent to investigate heresy.. Turns out it's xenos ..and not even the expected kind'. I'm thinking open world (3-4 blocks; dozen apartments; crapton of tunnels; main finale building; torture room; etc), item shops and hidden upgrade rooms, investigative shooter. ..With enemy territories to flip (mutants, gangs, etc) over to the arbites.. And subjects to 'question' (get X to arbite station for interrogations.. -their rank and information determine how furiously the gangs chase after them). ...And a grappling hook/gun (because those are nice/rooftops are fun to snipe from). Edit: Grapple gun that can be used in combat? -like pulling enemies off opposite street rooftops/apartment windows?

[@heckalit8818]

Awesome idea! Maybe the chapter you can play as Imperial Fists because they usually recruit in Hive Worlds!

[@McFrager]

Cousin Skeeter I can picture it; Mix matched groups of guardsmen, hive punks, and random citizens working together.. Bullets whizzing this way and that. Explosions. Pull back; a brother captain, alone except for a handful of arbites, overseeing the recruitment trials of a couple dozen hopefuls. The sound of bolter fire filling the mock city block as the training servitors fight for their survival ..A hopeless but useful thought.. The smallest hint of a smile forming on the brother captains face -another good selection. The trainees kill the last servitors and claim the bunker flag. Victory. Arbites start clapping; The brother captain just beginning his speech~ Red lights fill the room as the sirens begin.. The story being played out with him taking a group of recruits with him (he thinks the situation is far less than it is) and often leaving them alone together to work out their mission on their own -combat training. ..Also, he'd rather they survive/get out of his way (their second 'mission' accidentally leads them back to him ..well, a little roughed up and with fewer members). ..Though i'd definitely want it to end with most of the hive's citizens thinking "Did a space marine with a rag tag group murder a whole bunch of people for no reason? Why didn't the arbites handle it!?!" -you know, a big 'ole blackmark for both the chapter and government.. -possibly inciting future chaos cult..

[@RomanHistoryFan476AD]

+WayWard Trout I wonder has a Hive ever actually fallen to a hostile force.

[@McFrager]

tigerhunter77 Definitely. I mean, the homeworld of the Ultrasmurfs did -which is probably filled with hive cities.. There's even a story (can't find it now) of one being shelled to dust by a loyalist chapter (either it took 6 days; 6 weeks; or 6 months ..can't remember).. And i'm pretty sure that was just regular old mutiny/couping. But it is a 'grimdark' universe.

[@RomanHistoryFan476AD]

WayWard Trout wow if a hive is as hard to capture as arch says yet they still have fallen makes me wonder how hard a proper fortress or fortress world is to crack.

[@danielhall6354]

these are getting really good

[@GurniHallek]

"Arrbytees"

[@osdoldsaltydog2120]

I love hive cities, there's so much creativeness in their representation. Wondering what is in the dankest depths is endlessly facisnating

[@Wayoutthere]

9000x Levels of fuck no indeed.

[@Pedro-rn6fx]

Great video Arch as always ;)