>Eh, he didn't want to help a holodeck program. The whole
>station banding together over it was crazy to me to begin
>with.

This wasn't quite a stretch. A little sentimental but most of the crew involved had a personal stake in helping out Vic. He may be a hologram but he's responsible for helping Odo and Nog pull their heads out of their ass when shit got grim for them. O'Brien and Bashir are confirmed holosuite life partners by this point in the series. Everyone else is along for the ride since there was nothing better to do at that point in time of the war.