Understanding the abrupt beginning and the pre-plot of Infinity War

The movie Avengers: Infinity Wars starts from the end of Thor: Ragnarok. So we assume that Thor and the remaining Asgardians find Thanos's spaceship approaching them and Thanos attacks the entire ship. The scene starts off with the only survivors being Thor, Loki and Heimdall facing Thanos and his children.

At the same time the Guardians of the Galaxy seem to be coursing towards Thor/Grandmaster's vessel and Quill mentions that they received a distress signal. I would like to have some explanation of how the three worlds meet :Thor's + Thanos + GOG . what was the pre plot of these three worlds before Infinity War begins?

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Thanos

After the end of Avengers: Age of Ultron, picks up an Infinity Gauntlet and declares "Fine, I'll do it myself".

Heads to Xandar, destroys the planet, and picks up the Power Stone.
In some way, senses the locations of the Space Stone/Tesseract. He may have simply been on route to Asgard - the last known location.
Finds the Asgardian ship as the refugees are fleeing the ruins of Asgard, planning to head to Earth (Thor: Ragnarok).

Boards and slays (between Thor:Ragnaok, and Infinity War).

Thor

Asgard is in ruins.
Wants to head to Earth, and is thinking about where his people will resettle.
Encounters a Thanos (Thor: Ragnarok).

Fights as his ship is being boarded, and his people are being slain by the Black Order (between Thor:Ragnaok, and Infinity War). A distress signal is sent.

Guardians of the Galaxy

Cruising through space (before Infinity War).

Receive a distress signal from the Asgardian ship (Infinity War). Choose whether to respond or not based on the possibility of $$$ reward. Which of course isn't important.

That's the gist of the details revealed through the movie, and previous end-credits scenes.

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Why does Infinity War start so abruptly?

The Infinity War was the galaxy-wide spanning conflict for the Infinity Stones. The conflict began when Thanos initiated his plan to gather all of the Infinity Stones to complete his quest for the eradication of half of all life in the universe.

What happened at the beginning of Infinity War?

In the opening sequence of Infinity War, Thanos doesn't just beat Hulk down, he makes it look easy. The defeat breaks his will. We never see Hulk again in the film, no matter how hard Banner tries to bring him out. It's amusing but also somewhat confusing, as we never get a concrete explanation.

What is the plot of Infinity War?

Prior to Infinity War, most of Thanos' screen time came in 2014's Guardians of the Galaxy. This film more firmly establishes his role as a shadowy power player on the intergalactic scene, as well as his habit of raising women like Gamora and Nebula to be his fiercely loyal assassins.

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