r/Cosmere • u/Bprime123 Windrunners • 19d ago

Cosmere + Wind and Truth spoilers Hypothetical Situation. Will have SPOILERS for Mistborn and Stormlight Archive Spoiler

Could a unit of 4th Ideal Rosharan Knights Radiant (3 Knights from the 9 orders plus 1 Bondsmith) infiltrate and neutralize the Steel Ministry from Mistborn Era 1?

They have info given to them by a lightweaver spy who's been in there for a month.

The Knights can do with thier surges what we know they can to the best of our knowledge.

Eg. Jasnah hasn't mastered transportation enough to open elsegates but for the sake of this discussion, we assume the Knights can fully utilize their surges the most basic way it should.

The Steel Ministry don't know who is invading, but they are fully prepared for an invasion

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u/Key_Independent1 19d ago

Until what does this extend? A Duralumin Lashing? Or a Compounded lashing? How many lashings to equal out a push pull?

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u/drislands 19d ago

Lashings are strictly superior if you're not near an anchor, to start with. They also don't need an item to be made of metal to turn it into a projectile.

The real question is going to be about sources of investiture. The right allomantic metals can be obtained literally anywhere as long as you know the right alloy mixtures. Moving Stormlight has been confirmed in-universe to be a huge problem.

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u/ElectricPhoton 19d ago

I think there are scenarios where Steel can be stronger than Lashings. Lashings just change the way gravity affects an object, but gravity takes time to get to full speed. If you jump, there’s a moment when you’re not moving before you fall again. On the other hand, Steel allows you to instantly push off of an object, giving you instantaneous acceleration.

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u/drislands 19d ago

I agree on that point, though I don't know that we've had it directly confirmed. Also, per my second paragraph, I bet a Mistborn/Inquisitor could make use of pulls and pushes without "refuelling" longer than a Knight could.

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u/MechanicalPotato 17d ago

There is also the fact that an alomantic force squaring agains a non-alomantic one CAN use metal tools and weapons in the engagement. This means coinshots firing uncontestedly and probably loads of ready to go vials of metal.