Upon one instance, Captain Draani developed the Hyper-Sling Maneuver when going into battle against a group of pirates. Using a pinpoint Hyperspace jump to just before the positon of a group of Pirate vessels, the Captain launched the squadron as soon as the Syren re-entered Realspace. However, since the momentum of their journey at FTL speeds had not yet been fully compensated for by the TIEs, the rocketed forward at nearly double their normal speed. With this added momentum the squadron was able to catch the Pirates by surprise and do quite a bit of damage before they could launch their own fighters (by this time the Syren had arrived to provide back up).

Upon hearing of Piett's assension to Emporer, the former Captain Draani sent a comm message to the fleet requesting his inclusion in the Reborn Empire. Unfortunately, in one of the Syren's first battles under Imperial command (working with a squadron of Star Destroyers to catch a Rebel Convoy escaping Raaltir) it was nearly destroyed. The Syren was rammed by a Rebel Nebulon B, named The Shining Dagger attempting to disable it's gravity well projectors. The maneuver suceeded, the front fin of the Neb-B hit the top-starboard projector from above, smashing it and twisting the Syren. Instead careening past, the engine pods of the frigate also smashed into the top-port projector and scraping along the hull. Along with a great deal of engineering crew, Captain Draani died in this battle and several ships in the rebel convoy escaped, including the Neb-B. Command of the Syren was then transferred to now Line Captain Thomas Munkres, a former member of KDY's Security force. Since the episode at Raaltir, Kuat has refurbished the Syren spectacularly. Due to the Syren's help in the protection of KDY during it's interim, not only did KDY REPLACE the Syren's power generator (which was cracked by the gravity well generator's explosions) with that of an VSD, but (At Captain Munkres' request) a Planetary Ion cannon was integrated into the ship's prow. Due to the power restrictions aboard the Syren, the Ion Cannon cannot be fired at it's full power or at it's optimum rate of fire. Never the less, it is a formidible weapon which,under the right circumstances, can fully immobilize a craft as large as a Nebulon-B. As it is the cannon takes most of the ship's energy to be fired, leaving only enough power for life support and one main system (either propulsion,lazer batteries, or shields) to opperate. It is because of this that the ion cannon is only used in emergencies, ambushes, and only rarely in fleet battles.

When they were brought into existence they were dubbed the Avenging Eagles because they were assigned to the Imperial Star Destroyer Gorna's Wrath. Gorna was a being from the planet Bromlo's mythology. Gorna was a falconeer who commanded a group of birds as his army. Thus, each squadron of TIEs had a name dealing with birds. (Unknown to most Gorna was actually a Sith magician who had removed all of the birds' minds and replaced them with his will, rather ironic eh?)

When Gorna's Wrath fled system, the Avenging Eagles were left behind. The 23rd stationed themselves on one of Kuat's orbital defense stations. Due to the launch mechanisms, constructed at the order of Commander Janus Arinia the squadron's leader, being scrapped together by Kuati men who saw the Sienar fighters as nothing but cheap spare parts. The bays which held the TIEs were dark do to the low maintenance priority given them by the arrogant Kuati. It was both because of the status of their bays, their being abandoned by their ship, and the fact that the Kuati just plain disrespected them; that the squadron earned the nick name the Sulking Eagles. Much to the chagrin of Commander Arinia and his pilots, the name stuck.

After Zsinj's forces attacked and the Syren was modified to have TIE carrying capabilities, the men of the 23rd hoped they could return to being the Avenging Eagles once more. However, due to the exterior manner of their launching system the engineers modifying the ship dubbed them the Mynocks. The pilots heard this and were perterbed, the Avenging Mynocks wasn't so bad, even if it was a bit silly. But on the day when they flew their TIEs up to be docked with the Syren, they realized it was much worse than that. Due to the overhang of the top hull plating, the TIE brackets were in deep shadows unless the Syren was at the proper angle to the sun. Ever since then, the men (and women, there are three) of the 23rd TIE Squadron have been known as the Sulking Mynocks.

Despite the jokes made behind their backs and the nickers that this name recieves, the 23rd are able pilots who serve their Captain well. Each of them is highly skilled with the use of the launch brackets and, due to the use of the Hyper Sling Maneuver, has an extremely high resistance to G-Forces. This has made the pilots of the 23rd quite strong and resilient, which is why most of the jokes about them are made anonymously or behind their backs. These pilots are 80% veterans and fly standard TIEs, they feel anyone who needs the protection of shields (TIE Adv.) or a caffeinated Ion engine (TIE Int) isn't a REAL TIE pilot at all. They have more respect for TIE bomber pilots than the others, due to their targetability and their damage potential.