Causal
strong strength
Narrative Connection
How these two moments in the story relate
From
Troi disrupts Eli’s ambush of Worf
S6E8
·
A Fistful of Datas
To
Worf’s Forced Mercy in the Exchange
S6E8
·
A Fistful of Datas
Why These Connect
The narrative assertion
"Alexander increases the program's difficulty, resulting in the Holodeck characters becoming corrupted with Data's persona, resulting in Data/Frank capturing Alexander with data-enhanced bandits"
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.