Causal
strong strength
Narrative Connection
How these two moments in the story relate
From
Beverly Orders Sun Dive to Evade Borg
S7E1
·
Descent, Part II
To
Picard risks Borg tech to reboot Data
S7E1
·
Descent, Part II
Why These Connect
The narrative assertion
"As the Enterprise continues its flight into the sun, hull temperature reaches critical levels and the ship is rocked by a phaser blast. Picard finishes modifying the Borg component into a transceiver due to the current state of the Enterprise."
About Causal Connections
A directly causes B. The first event sets forces in motion that produce the second. These are the load-bearing connections of plot--remove one and the story structure collapses.