Natla Technologies

Natla Technologies was a corporation founded by Jacqueline Natla. Its headquarters is based in Seattle, United States.^[1]

Original Timeline[]

Before recorded history, one of the three rulers of Atlantis was condemned to perpetual imprisonment within a cryogenic chamber. Utilizing the powers of the Atlantean Scion, Natla had taken violent action against her fellow rulers in a bid to rule alone.

In 1945, a United States nuclear bomb test in New Mexico inadvertently released Natla from her prison. From then on, Natla sought to resume her despotic plans and later established Natla Technologies, a corporation with divisions in technology, weaponry, and mining. It is probable that Natla's advanced intellect played a pivotal role in establishing the corporation and its following success.

During the 1990's, mining operations were undertook by Natla Technologies at the original site of the Great Pyramid of Atlantis. The pyramid had been lost to time and the corporation successfully uncovered the ancient structure which was still very much intact.

It is largely unknown what kinds of technological products the corporation manufactures though it is likely they started producing laptop computers and portable maps near the end of the 20th Century. Larson, a freelance mercenary under Natla's employ in 1996, had a Natla Technologies laptop in his possession when he met with Lara Croft at the Imperial Hotel in Calcutta, India.

As far as the weaponry the corporation's weapons division manufactured is concerned, only one example is known. During his hunt for the Philosopher's Stone in 1989 and later the Atlantean Scion, Larson's partner Pierre Dupont is seen wielding dual magnums with the Natla Technologies branding.

In her capacity as the head of Natla Technologies, Natla hired Lara to recover the Atlantean Scion which was supposedly found somewhere in the Andes, Peru. Excited by the prospect of adventure, Lara accepted her proposal. Unbeknownst to the archaeologist-adventurer, Natla intended to double-cross Lara and had Larson follow her into the ruined Incan city.

After gleaning information from Larson outside Qualopec's tomb, Lara travels to Seattle and breaks into Natla Technologies' headquarters in order to discover where Natla had sent Pierre Dupont to hunt for the rest of the pendant. Inside Natla's office, Lara procured the prayer book of Brother Herbert from a safe and discovered that her next destination was St. Francis' Folly in Greece. Whilst there, Lara acquired Pierre's branded magnums after the Frenchman's death in Tihocan's tomb.

It is unknown what became of Natla Techologies after Natla's death in Atlantis.

Trivia[]

The portable map, branded with the Natla Technologies logo, was cut during the development of Tomb Raider. It would have allowed Lara to view the currently explored areas of the level from above. Its place was taken by the compass in the final version of the game.
Upon Tomb Raider's original release in 1996, the exact location of the Natla Technologies headquarters was not established in-game; only in the game's design document. It wouldn't be until the game's release on Nokia N-Gage in 2003 that the location of the building was revealed to be based in Seattle.