[Fyron]

Suicide Junkie said:
Shipsets and mods are independent.
Just put it in and play.

That is true if you only use the set for a human empire. Shipsets are absolutely mod-dependent when you factor AI into the mix. None of the AI in these shipsets will work in the balance mod as AI empires (or with ministers enabled as a human player) without replacing their AI files with something from the balance mod.

The TMP set has no AI, so it will probably work in balance mod as an AI empire with the mod's default AI files.