While at GAMEfest earlier in the year, I queued with a local guy who was planning on playing SWTOR at launch, but probably as Sith. However, quite by chance, I bumped into him again last night via Twitter, after he tweeted something to Stephen Reid.
Long story short, they're now going Republic and happy to become allies. They hanging fire on which server to roll on, so I've told MadJax (the guy/GM I met) that I'll let them know which server we end up on to give them the chance to join us. They don't have any Allies or Adversaries set up, so they're flexible with which server to roll on.
Their guild forums are here:
http://www.spv-guild.com/forum/