I thought the .tos files in the five data folders were just printouts from the pinboards. They don't seem to have any purpose except for giving you a printout of your design (so you can copy them to a messageboard).
They are very small though so they don't waste a lot of space.

<t>It's only true if you want to fire continuously, but if you fire in bursts you can fire more guns than your heat regulation can handle. <br/>
If you fire all your weapons in the beginning you will heat up but do a lot of extra damage. After a while you have to slow down your firing rate but then ...

<r>I can't comment on those titans because my team can't afford anything heavier than light titans yet. <E>:)</E> But I think it registers as a close combat titan because large lasers are M/C range and more effective at short than medium range.<br/>
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Here's my first successful design. I wonder ...

<r>Hello everyone, <br/>
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I have been playing ToS for a few days (great game!). Today I battled on a random map for the first time. The map type was hell and it sure was. :p <br/>
I have a question which I'll ask in the last text block, but first a little background, which you may skip over. <E ...