An uneasy union of two neighbouring planets, Altec and Straleb, whose ruling families almost came to blows over the roguish freighter captain Thadiun Okona.
The Coalition of Madena joins two inhabited worlds of the Omega Sagitta system. Altec and Straleb keep a fragile peace, and each government is quick to suspect the other.
In The Outrageous Okona, the Enterprise takes the cargo carrier Erstwhile in tow for repairs. Ships from both planets then appear and demand its captain. Debin of Altec says Okona has made his daughter Yanar pregnant, while Secretary Kushell of Straleb accuses him of stealing the Jewel of Thesia, a state treasure.
Picard is caught between two legitimate claims from members of one coalition. Okona resolves it by revealing that he has been carrying messages between Yanar and Kushell's son Benzan, who is the father of the child and gave her the jewel as a pledge. The two families are left to arrange a wedding.