Causal
strong strength
Narrative Connection
How these two moments in the story relate
From
Picard orders sensor safeguards against archive
S7E17
·
Masks
To
Phasers reveal the archive’s true nature
S7E17
·
Masks
Why These Connect
The narrative assertion
"The Enterprise crew using phasers to reveal the geometric structure of the archive leads directly to the systems anomalies and the information transfer into the ship, as Data identifies the link."
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.