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 :-)

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 :-)

No. Bossk is a bad idea for Mindlink (not a bad idea without mindlink though). Dengar is a great crew on a twin laser Hawk though, and encourages focus as your action (great for Mindlink)

Sorry for the necro but...

Got third in a 16 player tournament with:

Kavil w/ mindlink, unhinged and TLT

Guri w/ mindlink, autothrusters, FCS, tittle, cloaking device

Palob w/ mindlink, TLT, Dengar

Went 3-1 with my loss being to a Super Dash & Chopper build. Was a whole lot of fun to fly

Anyone else had any success with mindlink?

My local nemesis runs Palob, Guri and Manaroo with mindlink. I can't beat it.

Palob, mindlink, TLT, Cloak (or Dorsal turret, Stygium Part Acc in lieu of TLT)

Manaroo, mindlink, K4, Feedback, Unhinged

Guri, title, adv sens, thrusters.