This felt more like an outline for the first chapter than the beginning of a story. I can see where you were having us follow the crumbs of reaction to end with the people who took action but it struggle to keep my attention. I liked the last two sentences because they gave me a foot hold into the people involved. Feels like the Thomas Crown Affair all over again!
I’d read about a ship called Chimera! Cool!

suggestions: in stead of using WAS as an action just use the action itself. So when you say “was busy looking for” Just say “looked” or “search”. Short and sweet.

I agree with Tina’s critiques. It definitely felt most like a synopsis than a story beginning, but for all that, I’d read the story it describes.