The debate on the morality of experimenting on living things was a perpetual issue. However, Althea believed that societal scum should repay for their sins by helping in its improvement.
Althea had never tried the truth serum against half-orcs before because there was no need to. Her energy and the other researchers' energies would always go to where it was needed the most, or at least towards projects with the highest rate of return (tangible or not).
They weren't a warring territory, and they had many ways to squeeze information out, so the Truth Serum was never a priority after the first couple of wars.
There were plenty of things she wanted to try and explore, but she couldn't put time and energy into them at all.
They took one of the intact buildings there, and she began to do her experiments. They also cleared out the area so the potential screams wouldn't be too blatant.
