Solace isn't the only hive city on the planet Lind. Six hives were constructed by the AdMech post-Angevin Crusade. In M42 only four hives remain. One became so infested with Chaos cultists sometime prior to M41 that it was destroyed by the Inquisition, and all records expunged, except the knowledge that there was a sixth hive that turned away from the light of the God-Emperor.
Hive St. Azurenne (the 'Blue Hive', so named after St. Azurenne, the 'Blue Saint') had an entirely different fate. Situated at the shores of Lind's largest inland ocean, the city became poor after the sea dried up and the irrigated farmlands turned to salt deserts. Agriculture had been the hive's main function, and it failed to adapt to the changing situation. It died a slow death, it's inhabitants becoming more and more ghoul-like and mutated until it was a functioning city no more.
Several attempts have been made to clear out the hive, but it's simply not worth it. A strategic solution is out of the question, as the hive's automated defenses are still online. Furthermore, the remnants of the lake is still one of the premier sources of brine water (that can be distilled) on Lind. Compromising the lake could kill billions given the chaotic situation in Calixis.
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