In one remarkable coup, a freebooter calling himself Bozo NYC posted instructions on a computer bulletin board for pirating Sirius Software's Phantoms Five two weeks before the .
Its major sin--a certain ineluctable improbability--is pretty much offset by the moments of winsome humanity Gibson finds for his freebooter; by the rich, nicely tuned portrayals .
To be sure, Annie is a part-time smuggler and full-time freebooter.