Nog
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| Species: | Ferengi |
| Gender: | Male |
| Height: | 5' (1.52 m) |
| Hair color: | Bald |
| Eye color: | Green |
| Home planet: | Ferenginar |
| Affiliation: | Starfleet |
| Posting: | Deep Space Nine Academy field placement, chief of operations USS Defiant |
| Rank: | Cadet Ensign Lieutenant junior grade |
| Serial number: | CX-937-????-?? |
| Portrayed by: | Aron Eisenberg |
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Nog, played by Aron Eisenberg, is a recurring character on the television show Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Within the storyline, the young Ferengi Starfleet officer is Rom's son and Quark's nephew.
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[edit] Overview
Nog was born to Rom and Prinadora on Ferenginar in 2353. Later, he moved with his father to Deep Space Nine and worked at his uncle Quark's bar. With best friend Jake Sisko, he is one of the first students in Keiko O'Brien's school. He showed the lobes for business at an early age when he and Jake form the "Noh-Jay Consortium" in 2369 and turned a small profit on a parcel of Bajoran land ("Progress"). When Rom, under pressure from Quark and Grand Nagus Zek, pulls Nog out of school, Jake tutors him behind Rom's back ("The Nagus"). Recognizing his father's failure to capitalize on his proficiency with mechanics and electronics, and not wanting to follow in those footsteps, Nog resolves to go into a career where he can make something of himself. After going through the Ferengi coming of age rite, he requests an apprenticeship under Captain Benjamin Sisko in order to attend Starfleet Academy ("Heart of Stone"). Nog is admitted and becomes the first Ferengi in Starfleet ("Facets").
Starfleet assigned Nog to Deep Space Nine as part of his cadet field training ("The Ascent"). Upon returning to the station, he becomes roommates with Jake although his newfound Academy discipline is initially at odds with Jake's slovenly habits. As a cadet, Nog works mainly under chief of operations Miles O'Brien. In 2373, Nog, O'Brien, and Garak are the only survivors of a mission to Empok Nor to gather spare parts for DS9. Nog's experience with DS9's abandoned sister station would prove valuable the next year when he leads a mission to exchange Dominion prisoner Keevan for his grandmother Ishka.
Nog receives a commission as ensign shortly before Starfleet retakes Deep Space Nine during the Dominion War (DS9: "Favor the Bold"). In 2374, Nog was sent on a diplomatic mission to Ferenginar with Jake, who was along as a civilian press correspondent. They were rescued by the USS Valiant after their runabout was destroyed by the Dominion; it was aboard the Valiant that Nog's sense of duty again clashes with Jake's civilian sensibilities ("Valiant").
A Jem'Hadar soldier shoots Nog's left leg on AR-558, necessitating its amputation (DS9: "The Siege of AR-558"). The leg was replaced with a bionic one, and Nog chooses Vic Fontaine's holsuite club simulation as the place to rest during recovery (DS9: "It's Only a Paper Moon") . One of Sisko's final acts before joining the Prophets is to promote Nog to the rank of lieutenant junior grade (DS9: "What You Leave Behind").
In an alternate timeline, Nog becomes a Starfleet captain (DS9: "The Visitor").
In the non-canon DS9 Relaunch novels, Nog is promoted to lieutenant and succeeds O'Brien as Deep Space Nine's chief of operations.
Although Nog has wholeheartedly adopted a sense of duty and honor as a Starfleet officer, he nevertheless maintains a strong faith in the "Great Material Continuum," the Ferengi concept of an unregulated free market. He uses his business acumen to help Jake procure a rare Willie Mays baseball card for Captain Sisko ("In the Cards"), and (through a series of seemingly random and outrageous deals) a much-needed graviton stabilizer for Chief O'Brien ("Treachery, Faith, and the Great River").
[edit] Appearances
Nog appears in the following episodes:
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[edit] Trivia
- Aron Eisenberg was cast "because we needed an adult actor due to the long makeup process, and someone who would not look too tall next to the young Cirroc Lofton"[citation needed], the twist being that Lofton shot up to over 6'3" (1.91 m) as the series progressed. Eisenberg is only 5' (1.52 m) tall.
- Also, he is only two years younger than Max Grodenchik, who played his on-screen father.
[edit] External links
- Nog article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki.
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| The Next Generation | Picard | Riker | Data | La Forge | Worf | B. Crusher | Troi | W. Crusher | Yar | Pulaski | ||
| Deep Space Nine | B. Sisko | Kira | J. Dax | Odo | Bashir | O'Brien | Worf | J. Sisko | Quark | Rom | Nog | E. Dax | Garak | Martok | Damar | Dukat | Weyoun | Winn | ||
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