Causal
strong strength
Narrative Connection
How these two moments in the story relate
From
Enterprise’s drilling triggers planetary collapse
S5E9
·
A Matter of Time
To
Rasmussen’s deception and planetary crisis collide
S5E9
·
A Matter of Time
Why These Connect
The narrative assertion
"Worf and Data report on the earthquakes occurring beneath the drilling sites. Riker shows Picard the overlapping coordinates of the eruptions and the drilling sites, revealing that the Enterprise's intervention triggered the geological instability."
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.