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A producer of large quantities of materials for the [[Imperial]] [[Crusade]] that was occurring in the [[Sabbat Worlds]] [[sector]], it was drawn into the crusade directly when it was attacked during an attempt to conquer the world for [[Chaos]]. Initially, the inhabitants of Vervunhive thought they were under assault by the rival hive of [[Ferrozoica]] in a replay of the "Trade War" of 90 years earlier. However, when [[Commissar]] Kowle led a Vervunhive armoured division out to meet the forces of 'Zoica', it became clear that this was no conventional assault; the Zoican army massed in the millions. In comparison, Vervunhive could muster approximately 500,000 troopers out of a population of over 40 million people. What made the force imbalance all the more disturbing was that Ferrozoica was approximately 1/3 smaller in population and size than Vervunhive.