Causal
strong strength
Narrative Connection
How these two moments in the story relate
From
Enterprise vanishes mid-docking
S4E13
·
Devil's Due
To
Picard challenges Ardra to arbitration
S4E13
·
Devil's Due
Why These Connect
The narrative assertion
"The Enterprise vanishes as the shuttle approaches to retrieve Picard, so Data begins to find Ardra's magic tricks."
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.