[Sa'ar Chasm]

[color=#000000ost_uid0][quoteost_uid0]He just backed up, possibly angling down-and-back a little. The Enterprise hadn't "hooked" into Shinzon's ship any more than an ax hooks into a tree. Right?[/quoteost_uid0]

In order to separate the two ships, there needed to be a force acting on the Enterprise in the opposite direction of the Scimitar's direction of travel. Given the amount of damage visible when the two ships finally separated, I'm certain that they were significantly intermingled. They were sitting in space; what was pulling on the Enterprise? Did someone throw out a space anchor? (Just randomised, undirected sarcasm, not meant to be aimed at you, NAH)[/colorost_uid0]