Hey all, I have recently been reading the book The Martian, which I would highly recommend, and these missions named after Greek deities has inspired me to make all the problems in my flat a little more fun by giving them NASA style mission names and numbers. Janus and Eris, Chaos and Discord, ODDs 2 spoiler!
So, firstly, the whole thing is called Operation Janus because Janus was the Greek god of chaos and it seems like the flat is just living proof of entropy, or the theory that everything tends towards chaos. So Janus is like Apollo or something, it is the overarching group of missions.
Within operation Janus we presently have five other smaller missions.
Operation Triton - aka "the stinky bathroom". This is so named because Triton was a god of the sea and the bathroom has to do with water.
Operation Eris - the continuing struggle for hot water. So named because Eris was the goddess of discord and unshowered housemates can lead to discord.
Operation Hestia - there have been these leaks and wet carpets resulting. Hestia was the goddess of architecture and the hearth/home. Thought it was an apt name trying to stop leaking pipes and make this place a home again.
Operation Hephaestus - The fixing of the washing machine. Hephaestus was the god of blacksmiths and craftsmen and this is a technology problem.
Operation Pan - Wild mushrooms appearing! Inside. Pan was the god of the wild and nature.
Janus 1 was involved with Operation Triton and Operation Athena (the fixing of the internet, as she was the goddess of wisdom and the internet gives access to such).
Result: Operation Triton ongoing, Operation Athena sorted out by us getting in our own internet and not using the building's.
Operation Athena has been officially declared successful.
Janus 2 involved Operations Triton, Hestia and Hephaestus.
Result: Triton was ignored, Hestia was attempted to be fixed by replacing the cylinder and Hephaestus was fixed by me getting in a repair man.
Janus 3 again involved Operation Hestia, or Hestia 2, but was ignored. As were Operation Hestia 3 to 7.
Janus 4. This involved Hephaestus 4 and Hestia 8. The result was the leak causing Hestia eight that was then wetting our carpets (and also feeding Operation Pan) was sorted out.
Operation Hestia is officially declared successful!
Janus 5. Continuing from Janus 4 in many ways as Hephaestus 4 failed and Hephaestus 5 failed. Meaning Hephaestus is very much ongoing. This, however, also included Eris 2 and Pan 3. Operation Pan was thought to be dealt with but was found to be ongoing near the toilet and the sink. Operation Triton has been worked on by Andy extensively, but it is too early to declare it a success as of yet.
Result: Hephaestus ongoing. Eris 5, 6 and 7 have all been declared successful, though, for some reason, our immersion works by a completely different method than it did before Eris 2. Operation Pan ongoing.
Operation Eris has been officially declared successful, even if it was a completely unforeseen method.
Ongoing Missions:
Operation Hephaestus
Operation Pan
Operation Triton
