Causal
strong strength
Narrative Connection
How these two moments in the story relate
From
Fragile Truce at the Neutral Zone
S1E26
·
The Neutral Zone
To
Romulan Standoff — 'We Are Back.'
S1E26
·
The Neutral Zone
Why These Connect
The narrative assertion
"The Romulan officers' revelation that their outposts suffered identical destruction directly enables Picard's pragmatic proposal for narrow cooperation against a common, unknown threat."
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.