It's been too long since I watched that movie...
I suppose I ought to post a bit about Ace at some point. The basic idea is pilot and inventor/gadgeteer with some level of machine telepathy. (If you're familiar with a tabletop RPG called Shadowrun, she's pretty much a Rigger without the cybernetic implants. When she's in control of a machine, like her aircraft, she more or less *is* that machine.)
The Model 88s are small drones with various functions... There are four of them, but 88-4 is a bit of a weirdness magnet. It's almost always down for repairs because it got into something it ought not have. (Its AI is a little more advanced than the others... Just enough to have developed an independent sense of curiosity.
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The Boss? I'm still pondering him. I have a few ideas about the guy, but hopefully the details will come along as we go. He seems to have pulled Ace out of some serious trouble in the past, though. I get the feeling her background may have been a little shady before she met him.