PULLING HARD TO THE RIGHT, THE PILOT OF THE VULTURE HEAVY
FIGHTER SLOWLY CAME IN LI NE WITH HIS QUARRY. HIS HEAD UP
DISPLAY SHOWED THE TARGET IMAGE MOVING TO THE CENTRE OF HIS
FIELD OF FIRE, RANGING MARKS MOVING INWARDS FROM BOTH SIDES
OF THE SCREEN AS HE REACHED THE OPTIMUM FIRING POSITION.
THEN THE IMAGE WAS COMPLETELY BOXED IN, AND THE COMPUTER
WAS FLASHING A ' LOCKED- ON ' SYMBOL. STEADILY HE DEPRESSED
THE FIRING PEDAL, AND TWO BEAMS OF INTENSE LIGHT SPED OUT
FROM HIS SHIP AS TWO DISRUPTORS OPENED FIRE, FOLLOWED
ALMOST IMMEDIATELY BY A SCREAMING NOISE AS HIS TWIN ROTARY
CANNON BEGAN THEIR 2000 ROUND PER MINUTE SONG OF DEATH. AS
IF IN SLOW MOTION, FIRE BLOSSOMED OUT FROM THE ENGINES AND
HULL OF HIS TARGET AS THE ENEMY PILOT TRIED DESPERATELY TO
ESCAPE HIS ATTACKER. AGAIN
HIS TACTICAL COMPUTER SHOWED THE
TARGET BRACKETED IN ITS SIGHTS, BUT AS HE PREPARED TO
ADMINISTER THE ' COUP DE GRACE; ' A LOUD BUZZING IN HIS HEAD
PHONES AND A SERIES OF URGENTLY FLASHING LIGHTS ON HIS
DISPLAY SCREEN TOLD OF AN ENEMY SHIP CLOSING FAST FROM THE
REAR. HIS TARGET NOW FORGOTTEN, HE YANKED HIS CONTROL STICK
TO THE LEFT, TRYING TO OUT TURN HIS OWN PURSUER. FAST AS HIS
REACTION WAS, HIS OPPONENT WAS FASTER. THE CONSOLE IN FRONT
OF HIM SEEMED TO SWELL OUTWARDS; AND EVEN AS A SCREAM
TOOK FORM IN HIS THROAT, HE WAS SURROUNDED BY A
BLINDING LIGHT, AND THEN - ONLY DARKNESS.
Starhound is a set of rules for simulating fighter to fighter deep space combat using miniatures. The rulebook consists of 21 pages and a single reference sheet made from card.
The rules present both a basic as well as an advanced game, with the advanced game adding homing missiles and crew experience into the mix.
STARHOUND Rulebook (1981)
Reference Sheet
