HOLLYWOOD-- Star Trek fans are getting all "fired" up with the announcement that business executive extraordinaire Donald Trump will be leading the cast in the new television series

Star Trek: Apprentice.

Set to begin production this summer, Trump will play the role of Admiral Trump, a cagy veteran who runs the Starfleet Academy Business Department in the early 24th century.

In Star Trek: Apprentice, the debonair Admiral Trump, along with the minor help of several enthusiastic alien business cadets, will try to solve the limitless economic problems faced by a troubled and unstable futuristic universe.

In the pilot episode, a weary (yet still sharp) Admiral Trump returns to Earth after a long trade mission aboard the U.S.S. Ivana, gets appointed to the Starfleet board of directors, and then subsequently fires the entire staff for incompetence.

Television executives hope to combine the successes of previous Star Trek series with Donald Trump's unique business acumen to come up with a winning formula that unites audiences of both science fiction and reality TV.

"I will boldly go where no other handsome, successful business mogul has ever gone before," stated Trump. "I will turn this five year mission into a multi-billion dollar empire. I will make this Star Trek thing big--bigger than the stars I tell you."