Causal
strong strength
Narrative Connection
How these two moments in the story relate
From
Picard orders away mission to Alpha Onias III
S4E8
·
Future Imperfect
To
Away Team Faces Immediate Environmental Threat
S4E8
·
Future Imperfect
Why These Connect
The narrative assertion
"Picard's orders for Riker to investigate Alpha Onias Three result in Riker assembling an away team (Worf and Geordi) and transporting to the planet's surface to follow up on the subsurface cavern and source the anomaly."
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.