Causal
strong strength
Narrative Connection
How these two moments in the story relate
From
The Protocol Breach: A Silent Alarm in the Static
S3E22
·
The Most Toys
To
The Tricyanate Revelation: Sabotage and the Ghost of Data
S3E22
·
The Most Toys
Why These Connect
The narrative assertion
"Geordi's discovery of Data's incomplete transmission directly leads to Picard and Riker suspecting foul play and shifting the focus to finding Data, rather than mourning his death."
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.