Nirali Bhatia

Private Nirali Bhatia was an Alliance marine serving on Eden Prime, and the wife of Samesh Bhatia. Ingame, she is incorrectly referred to as "serviceman;" she is a Marine, as she is assigned to the 212 unit, which is a marine unit, therefore she is a private. The serviceman ranks are only for naval personnel.

Nirali figures prominently in the Citadel: Homecoming assignment. She was a member of the 212, Ashley Williams' unit which was wiped out by the geth. Nirali joined the Alliance military under the 'Deferred Education Plan', planning to open a restaurant when she left the service, but she was killed in the Eden Prime assault. Her body showed unique injures and the Alliance retained Nirali for study, hoping to develop new defenses against the geth, much to the distress of her husband. According to Ashley's dossier, Nirali thought very highly of the gunnery chief's leadership skills. Ash tells Samesh that Nirali missed him and used to listen to recordings of his voice every night.

A news report in the elevator on the Citadel features a tribute to Nirali as part of an Alliance military 'Profiles in Courage' series.