Nog

Nog was a Ferengi male born on the planet Ferenginar in the year 2353. He was the only son of future Grand Nagus Rom, and Prinadora, the daughter of a successful Ferengi businessman named Dav.

Nog was the first Ferengi to serve in Starfleet. He served as Lieutenant and Chief engineer aboard the USS Defiant and starbase Deep Space Nine.



Early Life
Nog spent much of his time in his early years at the home of his grandfather, Dav, whom Nog remembered as being menacing and abusive. One of Dav's servants knew of a tunnel built by a previous owner (in case creditors came knocking on his door) of the house that Nog used frequently to get away from his grandfather.

When Nog was only five, his fathers marriage contract to Prinadora expired. Dav, fooling Rom into believing that he was re-newing his marriage contract, swindled Rom out of everything he owned, leaving him with nothing but his son. Prinadora simply did as her father told her, like a good Ferengi female.(novel DS9 Worlds of Deep Space Nine volume three, Ferenginar: Satisfaction Is Not Guaranteed)

Terok Nor
With nowhere else to turn, Rom and Nog moved to the Cardassian space station Terok Nor in Cardassian occupied Bajoran space, where Nog's uncle Quark owned a bar.

Quark gave both Rom and Nog jobs at the bar, but paid them just enought to survive.

In early 2366, Nog and his family members were exposed to a variation of the Double Helix virus while on the station. They were quaranteened aboard Terok Nor until a cure for the virus was found. .(novel TNG Double Helix: Vectors)

Deep Space Nine
In 2369, the Cardassians withdrew from the Bajoran sector, and the Bajoran Provisional Government petitioned the United Federation of Planets for relief efforts. Command of the station was given to Starfleet, who re-christened the station Deep Space 9.

Nog quickly befriended Jake Sisko, son of the station's commander, Benjamin Sisko. When Nog was forbidden to attend the school run by Keiko O'Brien, Jake taught Nog how to read and write.

As Nog grew older, he realized that he had inherited his father knack for Engineering, a gift that the timid Rom was never able to make profitable.

In 2371, Nog was hired by Kai Winn Adami as a 'mission specialist' (safecracker) on a mission with the Bajoran militia and Starfleet to recover the Orb of Wisdom from the Maquis. Nog was able to observe Starfleet officers in action, and he found that he admired what they did and how they did it. Soon after, he convinced Captain Sisko to sponser his application to Starfleet Academy. (short story Star Trek: Deep Space Nine The Orb of Opportunity,anthology Prophecy and Change)

Starfleet Academy
(Details from the 'Starfleet Academy' comic, and the post-finale DS9 novels are coming soon.)