I played a different Palob during a tournament:
Palob
+ Bossk
+ TLT
It was always the first target that was shot at (even in one game where I really pushed it and sent my IG head on against the opponent, to get into R1 as fast as possible, he still fired at Palob first - he lost the game within 5 rounds, but he did kill Palob :-) ).
I can see a TLT Palob like that in a Mindlink squad. Sure, you will hand out stress, but also Focus during the combat phase (without relying on an opponent ship to steal focus from)! And if you don't pass on Focus (because no attack missed), then well no stress either and you've hit twice :-)