Odala was a female Voth and the leading minister of the Ministry of Elders in 2373. She was a fierce protector of the Voth Doctrine and was skeptical about Forra Gegen's Distant Origin Theory. After Gegen and his assistant Tova Veer discovered Hogan's remains and presented his findings, Odala was reluctant to provide ships to search for USS Voyager to prove Gegen's theory. While she told Gegen the ministry would consider his plans, she planned to have Gegen detained on the charge of heresy against the Doctrine. However, Gegen and Veer left to search for Voyager on their own before the ministry could detain them.