Starhunter follows the exploits of the crew of a retired liner refitted to serve a bounty-hunting crew. The owning company's name "Trans-Utopia Cruiseship Lines", was painted on her side but has faded, leaving some letters readable while obliterating others. The letters that remain have become her nickname, so she is casually known as Trans Utopian or Tulip.
The year is 2275. Bounty Hunter Dante Montana and his ragtag crew are commissioned to track and capture dangerous interplanetary criminals, including an evil force Dante believes kidnapped his son. Meanwhile, covert forces are waging a desperate war to unlock the secrets of the Divinity Cluster - powerful knowledge that would mean universal domination...