thanks everyone for solving!
the pattern marek found that you've all been discussing is indeed what i was aiming for, my goal was to make a multifish that didnt have an easy MSLS inverse (not just in amount of truths, but also complexity of the logic)
however:
Cenoman wrote:MSLS
15 truths: 13 cells r1c1459, r5c14569, r9c1569 & 2 bilocations 3c2, 4c8
15 links: 12r19, 4c8, 459r1, 34789r5, 345r9
11 eliminations (same as above): -1 r38c1, -2 r67c1, -1 r34c9, -2 r26c9, -8 r5c8, -78 r5c2; ste
i wasnt aware you could use bilocals alongside the technique!
if restricted to only cell truths like i'd first thought, then i believe the only way to get stte is with cannibal elims. in my eyes this overcomplicates it enough to make the multifish (MSHS i prefer to call it, for consistency) the logically easier path
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12 1278 1278 12
,--------------------,---------------------,------------------,
|#12459 6 7 |#459 #459 3 | 8 #124 #12 | 459
| 3 #28 249 | 1 46789 46789 | 247 5 6-2 |
| 458-1 #18 14 | 4568 2 45678 | 1347 9 36-1 |
:--------------------+---------------------+------------------:
| 6 #178 19 | 2 45789 45789 | 145 3 589-1|
|#1289 #123-78 5 |#3489 #34789 #4789 | 6 #124-8#1289 | 34789
| 89-2 4 239 | 35689 35689 1 | 25 #28 7 |
:--------------------+---------------------+------------------:
| 47-2 5 2346 | 34689 1 4689 | 23 #278 38-2 |
| 7-1 9 136 | 3568 3568 2 | 135 #178 4 |
|#124 #123 8 | 7 #345 #45 | 9 6 #1235 | 345
'--------------------'---------------------'------------------'
23 cells (r1c14589, r234c2, r5c1245689, r678c8, r9c12569)
23 links (459r1, 34789r5, 345r9, 12c19, 1278c28)
all candidates covered (at least once), links act as truths
=> -12r234678c19
btte (two x-wings)
with cannibals:
internal candidates covered by more than one link can also be eliminated
=> -78r5c28
stte
23 Truths = {1N14589 2N2 3N2 4N2 5N1245689 6N8 7N8 8N8 9N12569}
23 Links = {459r1 34789r5 345r9 1c1289 2c1289 7c28 8c28}
but im still happy with this puzzle, because even Cenoman's very nice & compact MSLS contains mixed truths and is still larger in truth count compared to the intended 8 against 8 MSHS
8 Truths = {1R159 2R159 3C2 4C8}
8 Links = {1c19 2c19 59n2 15n8}