KIA are a group that played in beta and added their elite gamer tag Killed In Action to their names - some of the best early PvPers. They were part of Curse Alliance (alliance mechanics didn't exist in game at the time) who were widely regarded as The Best. They became the military wing of an industrial group (and had a short-lived merger where they became RONA-KIA) known as The Phoenix Alliance which went on to become the Northern Coalition. They kinda dropped a bit after this, but had a brief resurgence and joined MC to create Tortuga (a freeport led by mercenary alliances)
Mostly Harmless - Part of the Northern Coalition (not the alliance with the same name that exists now, but a group of alliances that dominated the early part of EVEs history). Their POS passwords, and trademark local call, was o0k. The alliance basically died when the DRF invaded the Northern forces, and the rest of the North kinda merged into the CFC (or moved to Delve to quietly die). One of their main FCs is still semi-active and the leader of Sniggwaffe.
Solar Feet - led by MACTEP, arguably one of the best FCs the game has ever seen (easily top 3), SOLAR were the military wing of the DRF and before that just Baddass Russians Who You Were Scared Of Because They Were Badass™. They had great success while allied with Legion of xDeathx, who were more industrial focused. Together they toppled the the Northern Coalition, a group deemed too dominant and too big to fall. They have hilarious interactions with other Russian groups, always good for drama.
Against ALL Authority, otherwise known as -A-, were widely regarded to be the best PvP force in EVE and lived in the South. Whenever people invaded them, they'd retreat to Stain (shoutout to LGK), wait for the invaders to leave, and come back stronger than ever. They played a major role politically in the game during Delve I & II, and were so dominant that the remained #1 on the killboards long after their alliance folded. Hilariously, they died to an unlikely pairing of allies TEST Alliance and Pandemic Legion (and others, of course, forming the HBC - Honey Badger Coalition) who forced them out and then lived in their space. HBC waged one of EVEs most devastating propaganda wars on -A-, including parody songs and the notion that -A- cared more about killboards than allies. The "killboards green" meme is a throwback to this.
Tribal Band - Uhhh...they lived in Period Basis and were part of the aforementioned HBC. Didn't really do anything noteworthy, at least in comparison to the other alliances.
Raiden - After BoB/Kenzoku finally died, a few member corps went on to form Raiden. Along with White Noise, SOLAR, XIX they formed the military backbone of the DRF and had (at the time) the largest supercap fleet the game had ever seen. After conquering the North, they took space and kinda fell apart. Killing the Northern Coalition was what a lot of those dudes lived for. Finfleet is probably the most notable one that's still around, they're in NC.
Atlas Alliance - another Old Guarde group run by one of EVE's most notorious early names: Bobby Atlas. Allied with BoB, they lived on the South/West of the map and were super dominant in their day. Kinda died out when Bobby Atlas eventually left the game. Their legacy kinda lives on in Elo Knight, who was in Atlas for a bit.
Nulli Secunda - Lived in the South, allies with -A- and the Southern Coalition and then after that died, became part of N3 and allied with Northern Coalition. and Pandemic Legion(ish). Some pretty huge names were in Nulli, including Killah Bee and Progodlegend. They kinda sorta died, but most of their members live on in other groups. Some are in NCdot, some in lowsec, and another big group are (hilariously) in the alliance that played a large role in defeating them previously - TEST.
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