Causal
strong strength
Narrative Connection
How these two moments in the story relate
From
Naming the Dead — Picard on the Comms
S2E12
·
The Royale
To
Static and the Charybdis: Bridge Communications Collapse
S2E12
·
The Royale
Why These Connect
The narrative assertion
"Riker’s communicator crackling with Picard’s voice reconnects the away team with the outside world and prompts his urgent request for data on Richey—leading directly to Wesley’s discovery of the Charybdis and validating the novel’s connection to reality."
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.