Probably not on its own, but Q.E. 3, as it is commonly known (distinguishing it from two earlier, tamer efforts, Q.E. 1 and Q.E. 2), has an even more subtle and important mission.
Engineers have had to ensure the magnetism generated by the satellites' own internal electronics does not obscure the mission's subtle scientific measurements.
This extra virgin olive oil, Fairway's house brand Mexican Mission, made entirely from Mission olives on a small estate near Ensenada in Baja California, is about as subtle as a mariachi band.
Subtle networking, a sense of mission, an elite that does not think too hard about its material advantages – Eton's is a very British formula for dominance.
Called the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna LISAA), the mission will gauge subtle back-and-forth motions of the spacecraft across 5 million kilometers--a sign of periodic gravitational warps.
The mission is a subtle step on from the current Curiosity rover, designed to establish if the planet has ever had habitable environments in its history.
Professor Tim Bale's book, Five Year Mission, paints a subtler picture of him than the hostile media image, of someone who has skilfully kept his party together while demonstrating the kind of flexible toughness that is needed in modern politics.
Kennedy is at her best showing how overt and subtle racial politics shaped Sheppard's mission work at every step.
But his mission yesterday was more subtle: the formation of a jury impervious to the premeditated persuasions of the celebrity civil trial.
