One battle each from TIE, XvT, XWA and TFTC will be assigned monthly. Pilots will fly the battles and submit their pilot files through the database normally.

Rounds in Season Nine will run for one month each starting from mid-month to put TCiB on a slightly different schedule from most competitions. For example, the first round is starting on the 15th of January and will end at 23:59 on the 15th of February.

The pilot with the highest score each month in each platform will earn 9 points. The next highest score will earn 8, then 7, and so on. All submissions will earn at least 2 points. Any mission high scores will earn 1 bonus point and any battle high scores will earn 2 bonus points.

High scores are evaluated in the order the pilot files were submitted, but both pilots will receive the bonus points if a processed high score is overtaken later by another pilot. Points will accumulate for the season for more awards and the overall top pilot will also receive the title TIE Corps Battlemaster - Season Nine.

The points earned by each pilot will also be added to their squadron's total and their battlegroup's total. At the end of the season, the participants from top three squadrons and the top battlegroup earn awards.

Round One Assignments
Deadline: 23:59 February 15th UTC

• TIE: TIE-TC 96: Deep Strike
• XvT: XvT-TC 48: Bravo Company: Training
• XWA: XWA-IW 1: Abyssi Ianua - Gates to Hell
• TFTC: TFTC-TC 14: Race Through Time

Round Two Assignments
Deadline: 23:59 March 15th UTC

• TIE: TIE-TC 220: Engineers Of The Fleet
• XvT: XvT-TC 102: Wing VIII: Shadow of Time
• XWA: XWA-IW 3: Rion's Shadow Campaign: Seeds of Corruption
• TFTC: TFTC-TC 15: Liberation of the Rift

• IS-PW/GW/SW/BW/CW for the top five overall individual point totals for the season
• IS-GW/SW/BW/CW for the top four individual point totals in each platform for the season
• IS-GW/SW/BW/CW for the top four overall individual point totals each month
• IS-SW/BW/CW for the top three scores in each platform each month
• ORA for every six battles completed during the competition (max of 2)
• ORA for scoring at least 80% of the pre-round high score on a battle (max of 12)
• TUA/MUA/MUA for all participants from the top three squadrons for the season
• MUA for all participants from the top battlegroup for the season