[aibara]

I can't remember if Nog was addressed directly, but in the recent DS9 documentary Ronald D. Moore (one of the show's writers who later went on the make the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica) commented that there were several minor characters that the writers really liked and, therefore, kept thinking of new stories for them. That actors like Eisenberg portrayed the characters and imbued their roles, especially at first, with such personality definitely resulted in the writers bringing them back and giving them interesting arcs.

The most blatant example of this was Jeffery Combs and his portrayal of Weyoun, a character who died at the end of the episode where he was introduced. They then invented the backstory of his race being all clones just so they could bring him back.

[lokl]

Thanks, this is good to hear.