Causal
strong strength
Narrative Connection
How these two moments in the story relate
From
Picard learns Devidian destruction risks timeline collapse
S6E1
·
Time's Arrow, Part II
To
Riker Proposes One-Way Rescue Mission
S6E1
·
Time's Arrow, Part II
Why These Connect
The narrative assertion
"Destruction of the Starfleet site triggers dire warning from the aliens, which sets the stage to try to fire and cause bigger issues with the temporal realm."
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.