Nirali Bhatia
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Private Nirali Bhatia was an Alliance marine serving on Eden Prime, and the wife of Samesh Bhatia. She figures prominently in the Citadel: Homecoming assignment.
Nirali was a member of the 212, Ashley Williams' unit, which was destroyed by the geth. Nirali joined the Alliance military under the 'Deferred Education Plan', intending to open a restaurant when she left the service. According to Ashley's dossier, Nirali thought very highly of the gunnery chief's leadership skills. Ashley can tell Samesh that Nirali missed him and used to listen to recordings of his voice every night.
Unfortunately, Nirali was killed in the Eden Prime assault. She sustained unique injures and the Alliance retained her corpse for study, hoping to develop new defenses against the geth, much to the distress of her husband.
A news report in an elevator on the Citadel features a tribute to Nirali as part of an Alliance military 'Profiles in Courage' series.
[edit] Mass Effect 2
The player's decision whether or not to allow the Alliance to experiment on Bhatia's body has an effect on the plot of Mass Effect 2, though to what extent has yet to be revealed.[1]
[edit] Trivia
In-game, Nirali is incorrectly referred to as 'serviceman'. She was a marine; therefore her rank is correctly 'private'. The serviceman ranks are only for naval personnel.
