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[[Image:Hive Primus.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Artwork of Hive Primus from the 2003 Necromunda Rulebook.^{{Fn|2-p.61}}]]'''Hive Primus''' (or '''Hive One''') is the capital of the [[Necromunda (planet)|Necromunda]] [[hive world]], and the setting for the [[Necromunda (game system)|Necromunda]] game. The hive is known across Necromunda as the Palatine after the fortified palace of [[Planetary Governor]] Lord [[House Helmawr|Helmawr]] which is located at the top of the hive's spire. It is the largest hive on Necromunda, and is part of the Palatine Cluster, which consists of several hive cities separated by many miles but connected at different levels through a network of travel tubes and through roads across the wastelands.{{Cite This}}

Primus is effectively the planet's only spaceport, as it possesses the only shipyard and landing field large enough to handle orbital carrier ships. This is intentional on the part of the planetary government, as it ensures the planetary ruler, Lord Helmawr has a monopoly in off-world trade.{{Cite This}}

The [[Imperial Fists]] Space Marines maintain a fortress in the hive - the original purpose for the Imperial Fists' presence on the planet being to clear out an invasion of Orks, which had occupied and devastated three entire hives. The presence has since become permanent.{{Cite This}}

Necromunda's fortress-precinct - the [[Adeptus Arbites]] planetary headquarters - is also located in the hive.^{{Fn|3}}

Hive Primus's Spire forms the hive's upper layer, penetrating the cloud and pollution cover. It is the domain of the six Noble Houses and of Lord [[Gerontius Helmawr|Gerontius]] of the Imperial House Helmawr.{{Cite This}}

The Noble Houses consist of [[House Catallus|Catallus]], [[House Greim|Greim]], [[House Ko'Iron|Ko'Iron]], [[House Ran Lo|Ran Lo]], [[House Ty|Ty]] and [[House Ulanti|Ulanti]].{{Cite This}}

Below the Spire is the Hive City, separated by a large [[adamantium]] barrier known as "the Wall". The Hive City is five miles in height and home to billions of people.{{Cite This}}

* [[House Delaque|Delaque]] - a mysterious House whose motives never seem clear. It is rumoured that some members of other Houses (even Noble Houses) are secretly in their employ. They make significant use of spies and prefer to hunt down their foes silently and with the minimum of fuss. Customarily dressed in long coats that conceal plenty of weapons, Delaques affect shorn heads and whispering voices, a presentation that only aids their reputation for espionage.^1-p.10{{Fn|1a}}

* [[House Van Saar|Van Saar]] - a House that deals primarily in mechanical goods, House Van Saar is known for the fine quality of their items, ensuring a good reputation and a high asking price for their work. As a result, they are the richest House in the Hive City. Wealth brings with it certain benefits, and so any Van Saar seen abroad is likely to be wearing the finest in armoured bodygloves and equipped with potent weaponry.^1-p.14{{Fn|1b}}

The very bottom of the Hive is a dangerous area that is structurally unsound and only [[mutant]]s or similar dangerous creatures can live there. It is known as the "Sump" and is by all intents and purposes uninhabitable.^{{Fn|2-p.61}}

*¹:[[White Dwarf 192 (UK)]]*^{*{{Endn|1a}}: pg. 10**{{Endn|1a}}: pg. 14*{{Endn|2}}}:[[Necromunda Rulebook]], by [[Rick Priestley]], pg. 61*^{{Endn|3}}:[[Confrontation]], {{Cite This}}