Doubts about the purpose of the expedition[discuss]

[+Oltux72 he/him]

Always another secret. I need to formulate this. The expedition makes for a gripping yarn. But it makes no sense. Not if you think it through under the stated purposes.

1. Motivation and equipment (a.k.a. overly robust techniques of motivation)
   Kalak and the purported Kelsier share a goal. They want to make Cognitive Shadows mobile. Kalak looks ready to do things I shall not mention to get somebody to develop such technologies. What is the Ghostbloods first action towards him? Shallan, stab him to death! Even if you have the technology to contact him in that gem, why? It lacks any sense.
2. Methods (a.k.a. living on a prayer)
   You have a weapon. The only other time such a weapon was used, it did, for the purpose of capture, fail catastrophically. You have no idea whether your version actually fell into your hands undamaged or if you copied the design, whether you made an error. And then you give it to the hands of an untrained freelancer.
3. Cost/benefit analysis (a.k.a. pointy haired middle managers)
   You have a weapon containg a god metal. Most likely a substance of which exist at most a few kilogramms in the whole Cosmere. You handle it in an unsecured package without guards to an untrusted trainee, who used to be the assistant of an enemy less than a year ago
4. Target selection (a.k.a. work by Rube Goldberg)
   You are supposed to be put back into a living body. Like a Fused. You want to experiment with one of the rarest beings in the Cosmere whose body is created by exotic means.

Somebody is trying to trick somebody. I am not sure what is what in that web of lies, but the cover story is flawed beyond repair.
Who wants a Herald dead:

1. Odium - for obvious reasons
2. Hoid - as long as Heralds are alive, one of them may die and break, which could set Odium free again, should the current Desolation end

[Karger he/him]

3 hours ago, Oltux72 said:

Shallan, stab him to death! Even if you have the technology to contact him in that gem, why? It lacks any sense.

We don't know how much control Thaidakar has over the GBs.

3 hours ago, Oltux72 said:

You have a weapon. The only other time such a weapon was used, it did, for the purpose of capture, fail catastrophically

They don't know that.

3 hours ago, Oltux72 said:

You have a weapon containg a god metal. Most likely a substance of which exist at most a few kilogramms in the whole Cosmere. You handle it in an unsecured package without guards to an untrusted trainee, who used to be the assistant of an enemy less than a year ago

They don't have other options.  They have failed repeatedly to enter lasting integrity.  Shallan is their best chance.  Method is chosen by means not the other way around in this case.  I agree it is not ideal.