I noticed there's a similar answered question here, but that one's pertaining to the me package. I'd like to know if and how, if so, is it possible to that using ms instead.
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Well this is embarrassing! A short while after giving up and posted this question I stumbled upon the answer:
.ds FAM H If it's the first line in the document it'll set all text to use Helvetica by default, requiring you to use \f[font family descriptor] to change it to e.g. Times Bold-Italics. If it comes after the cover page, that page'll be in Times and the rest of the document'll be in Helvetica.
Hope this helps anyone who has the same problem I had :)