This would be basically urban combat in a forest.
>giant trees with giant branches
>those giant branches have trunks growing up which have other giant branches and trunks
>many branches are covered with soil and vegetation, providing camoflage
>still living trees may have giant caverns at ground level where they were hollowed out by fire, providing hiding spaces that could fit a platoon
>the tangle of branches and trunks higher up would force drones to move slower, thusly more vulnerable
>temperate rainforest, so better be happy being wet
>redwoods have a lemony scent (just a little plus to end with)
imagine doing 'combat' anywhere near something so Godlike as giant tree's
>Mirkwood irl but the spiders are normal sized
Kino.
I wonder what would happen if you 155’d the trunk directly
I remember reading about a biologist who climbed a 300ft+ Redwood and found that the tip had been sheared off decades earlier by a storm, so now there was a stump with several new trunks radiating from the sides, while the middle of the stump had rotted and a huckleberry bush was growing there.
>be sniper inna redwoods
>be stationed 300 feet up
>wake up for your shift
>cook up instant oats with FRH
>pick a heaping handful of huckleberries and drop 'em in
I should learn how to climb
>gets droned
Anyway...
Assuming you can maneuver through everything.
I wanna live up there
It does look comfy.
>many branches are covered with soil and vegetation, providing camouflage
>still living trees may have giant caverns at ground level where they were hollowed out by fire, providing hiding spaces that could fit a platoon
>giant trees with giant branches
>nobody bothered to climb a redwood until the 1990s
That doesn't sound believable
Believe it or not, for centuries the canopies of really tall trees weren't seen as ecological deserts. Starting in the late '70s, scientists started taking them more seriously and actually discovered entirely new species up in the branches and whole ecosystems in trees.
Never overestimate scientists, especially in ecology
>This would be basically urban combat in a forest.
Nah. Artillery, thermals and just common sense mean anything up high gets spotted and shot in a moment. High profile positions = death.
To some degree, this: .
You need to make it a policing action, armies have levelled countless treasures in the past, no reason they wouldnt do whatever they had to do to clear it in a total war.
But federal stormtroopers attempting to clear a hippie protest ewok village? National guard versus doomsday cult? Post apoc nation states' unsupported light infantries squaring off? Cowboys and Injuns alt history? There's the kino.
I’ve been to the redwood forests of California. There are caves in the area.
As an insurgent, caves and tunnels would be ideal. Underground caverns like you mention. You need to neutralize aerial overmatch by underground bases and general overmatch by plainclothes concealment. Traps, trail cams, drones for scouting and artillery. Ambushes, night raids, decoy bases, misleading “intel” from locals and local authorities in the militia or sympathetic to the militia.
For counter-insurgents, I would recommend joining the militia and aligning yourself with the American people instead of the godless elite.