The Third Galactic Civil War

It's about making a good story... Of course it's going to take time. It's not about rapid fire posts, it's about quality.

Well, until Dantooine starts, all that people IC would know, is that there is an Imperial faction in the Outer Rim, and maybe that the Jedi are gathering some allies (though, even that is quite debatable), but I leave the rest up to those more learned/higher ranked than myself to extrapolate and give their thoughts...

Well, allow me to clarify some stuff right now.
1. The Alliance isn't known yet, the Jedi are keeping that under wraps. The First Order becomes away of some sort of ragtag group through the events on Garqi, but they wouldn't know it was actually some sort of confederation of various military entities. The Alliance will become known to the galaxy at Dantooine.

2. The First Order isn't known either. The galaxy would be aware that there is Imperial activity within the Outer Rim, but vague reports and inaccurate rumors can't pinpoint if this activity is under one banner or various warlords. Their name is to be revealed to the galaxy at Dantooine, just like the Alliance.

^Above part ninja'd by Harnan

So you could tell something is brewing based upon the situation of the galaxy; the Republic has been dissolved, the Jedi have been rather quiet and Imperial activity has spiked up within the northern reaches of the Outer Rim. So based upon those three facts, yeah, the Mandos can infer that something is brewing or, maybe, the better wording is that something doesn't seem right.

As for your idea, on behalf of the First Order side, I like the idea of a meet up at a neutral location or a conflict that where the Mandos can interact with either or both factions. We just don't want third party factions involved; you either work for the Alliance or First Order or you are an observer. However, given the Mandos tendency to work for both sides of any war as mercenaries (canon evidence is just everywhere on the Star Wars wikia), we would definitely be welcoming to Mandalorian mercenaries on either side of the war. Could bring some interesting twists to the Mandalorian Rebirth movement with individuals on either side of the war, if it ends up like that.

Also there was a live HoloNet broadcast by Soku Ren of the Knights of Ren, declaring their existence and hinting at Imperial resurgence.

There's actually a topic that's been made for talking about the train heist directly.

Now in regards to it stalling? That's my fault and it will be addressed soon. However that being said, that only concerns the action in Cars 23 and 22. So you'll have to talk to the outnumbered Imperial PC's to see if you can get some interaction on the other Cars.

Exciting news! Dantooine is merely a couple days away! Prepare yourselves for the spark that will ignite the Third Galactic Civil War!!

I have an all day shift tomorrow, so expect a starting post either Monday or Tuesday. I am also doing some small adjustments that you will hear about shortly.

After months of planning and getting everything all set, I can truly say this to you all: The Third Galactic Civil War has begun.

boards.jedivsith.com/post/91970/thread

From what I understand, Mark's mainly covering the fleet aspect for the Alliance side, he can further clarify on that. As far as Jedi/Alliance involvement, what I had in mind for those who want to be part of the initial defense force is that word could get out about Imperial presence on the world (which, let's be fair, that'd be hard to cover up), and we could send some people ahead of time to act as the initial defense force, perhaps operating out of the Jedi Enclave. Be aware you'll be a little outnumbered at first, but about midway through is when the larger part of the Alliance forces show up to even the odds, and that's when the Alliance's existence is publicly announced to the galaxy.

Throw your hats in! This is gonna be a good battle.

I am possibly going to regret this, but count me in for starting on Dantooine...