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At least it seemed this man could appreciate the goddamn gravity of the situation. Lian had just lost a friend out there thanks to these guys and now they finally had a lead. Not only that, but he needed to pay back the unknown pilot for what he'd done to his Strike E Gundam. However, the atmosphere of the room was worsened by the uncomfortable silence, the man was blank-eyed and staring at the floor instead of paying attention to them, which only helped to make Lian's mood even worse. Nonetheless, he bit down the anger, clenching his right knuckle secretly as he looked at the man who'd just arrived, he seemed worse for wear for the most part, which helped Lian's worries a bit, at least it seemed he cared or maybe that's how he wanted it to look.

"I agree, so if you'd like to ask him anything first, go right ahead. I'd like to know everything you know myself." The anger in his voice was toned down as he spoke in a near whisper, but still noticeable as hard as he tried, he'd spoken politely as to not offend the man, but it was clear that he wasn't happy with the results of this entire operation and having been kept in the dark about what the hell was going on. That had been no normal mission, that was for sure. They'd been attacked by nothing short of experts and then that highly advanced unit, the losses had been catastrophic and instead of answers all they had was more questions.

"We're running a scan on his DNA and pictures now to see if there's anything in the database. Though I'm not getting my hopes up. These guys are ghosts, and then there's that extremely high performance unit..." He didn't expect the man to know exactly what he was talking about, Lian had yet to file a report, all that his superior and everyone not present knew was the team had been messed up bad, they'd won and captured an enemy and they'd gotten back. That was all, none of the pilots were in the mood to talk, the death of a comrade still weighing heavily upon them. He'd hand out a report later, but first he wanted to see how the man reacted at the information of the unknown force that had appeared.

"Doesn't want to talk does he?" And with that, a swift kick to the face came from Lian, he was aiming to smack some sense into this guy before he actually got serious on the interrogation. Luckily, the chains kept him bound and unmoved. However, what caught Lian's eye was the other man's reaction, had he been expecting this...?

Drawing a small radio from the belt on his uniform, Lian turned it on and called through it on an encrypted channel to the room next to them. His orders were simple, he wanted a doctor to check if the guy was poisoned, large amounts of sodium thiopental, some tweezers and other primitive torture devices. He had no plans of asking nicely as Circio had done, he'd get the answers even if it meant using force. But first they needed to ascertain that the man wasn't dying, that'd be bad for the investigation after all. It was a few moments before the base's medic squad arrived and knocked on the door, the head doctor was the only one allowed in though, he was carrying the things Lian had asked for, with a less than pleased expression on his face as he moved to examine the man. They'd ran a fairly basic test on him when he had arrived but this one would be much more thorough. Meanwhile, Lian wanted to talk to Circio, preferrably in the next room which had a one-way glass to keep tabs on the interrogation, that way they could make sure no one sneaked a shot in on the guy while they were gone.

"Mind following me into the next room so we can talk in private?" With that, Lian opened a path to the door as he proceeded there but stopped just outside to wait for the man and his response. If the captive wasn't going to talk for a while, he might as well talk to the person who'd sent them. If he had to, he'd run this entire investigation by himself. Hopefully, this guy was trustworthy enough to help him, especially since he'd been the one to suffer the most from the attacks. The anger in his voice a while ago definitely hadn't seemed fake too...

"Not quite the correct description, but yes. The effect is quite interesting, it numbs nerves which makes the person under the effect of the drug incapable of complicated thought processes, while at the same time making them much more talkative. The 'truth serum' part is due to the fact that telling lies is a much more complicated action than telling the truth out right. Thus, it becomes much harder to lie, albeit not impossible."

As Lian spoke, his eyes never left the other man, he was studying him, learning to movement and speech patterns. There was some time left until the procedure in the other room finished, so they had plenty of time to talk. Especially since Lian had no intentions of leaving that room until he knew the answers to his questions. The mystery of the assailants kept going deeper and deeper with every passing moment. He'd already sent his report directly to the head clan's leader as his original job was, so now all he had to do was wait for a response on their private communications channel and the permission to handle this investigation himself.

"So, what do you know of these assailants? They were clearly attacking your facilities for a reason, and they don't seem exactly in the best of shape contrary to what their piloting capabilities appeared to be..." He was making his point subtly but clear enough for the real question to get through. He did not mean much offense with it, but Circio's company was partially on pharmaceutics from what Lian had heard, so there was still that left to be found. And then suddenly another question came to mind as well as he remembered the battle. "Also, there was a third party involved, sporting extremely high performance parts, my engineers tell me the technology is like nothing they've seen before. It seemed the pilot on that side was hunting these guys and trying to make sure not a single one escaped, ended up engaging us when we prevented him from killing this guy... We fought him off but you wouldn't happen to have any information about a third party involved? There was nothing in our original mission profile about it, or about any of this really..."

Noticing the man's expression, Lian closed his eyes for a moment and pretended to think, in fact the moment he'd heard the question his mind already had the answer lined up. "I don't know much, but I can tell a few things from the way he spoke, he wasn't exactly skilled but he's definitely been around for a while. He didn't sound like he was young either... Seemed to rely too much on his unit instead of his abilities which was how I managed to shoot him down, otherwise I'd be dead right now. My unit's computer should have recorded all the data and the communications logs, if you want to see them later. You might recognize his voice from the recordings."

The last part was to measure Circio's expression again, no matter how much he tried to hide it, something was definitely nagging at him about this information. "The unit itself... How do I explain it, it didn't seem like anything I've seen in the many years I've been piloting. The performance and weaponry was simply amazing, but the armor was lacking. Everything ripped through it like it was paper."

"If you want, we can go back there right now. They should be done in a few minutes, hopefully that man will be alive long enough to give us information." Lian was going to take a break on the questions for a while, as he stepped back to open a way to the door for Circio. It was simple manners, he was telling him to go first. Lian had something he wanted to think about for a moment by himself anyhow. Things were growing stranger and stranger every moment. And he still needed to investigate that oddly timed nuclear explosion on Earth. Was it somehow related?

Lian stayed behind in the room, watching the men work, for about a minute or two more before finally following Circio. He didn't want to miss what he was sure was about to happen for the world. But before that, he had a question for Circio, it was mostly unimportant but even the slightest thing could prove to be important in their investigation. "Any news on your side on what might have caused the nuclear explosion down on Earth? Nuclear weaponry hasn't been seen for god-knows how long, it's strange... Especially the timing behind it."

"Gamma Glipeptim...?" That was all Lian could say before noticing the expressions all over Circio's face. What the hell was going on? It seemed they were related to him in some way after all, just what was truly going on? Nonetheless, now wasn't the time for staying idle. "So, what's this Gamma Glipeptim? You clearly know what it is from that expression and I'd guess it isn't anything nice."

"Good, then we can just run an autopsy to find out more about this 'Gamma Glipeptim'." Lian's voice lacked any form of compassion for the prisoner, he'd killed comrades and run amok, now he was just paying his dues. Though it did surprise him to hear exactly what this drug was, it had potential for...other things, but now was not the time to think about that. There was still plenty they could get out of this guy while he was still alive, if Circio knew about the drug, maybe there was more they could do...

"Any ideas on how we can slow down the withdrawal symptoms? At the very least enough to get something out of him..." His tone was more of a demand than a question, which surprised even himself. He wasn't going to lose the prisoner he'd fought so hard to keep, not until they got enough information out of him to make it worth it. As he waited, Lian unconsciously passed his left hand through his hair, he was trying to think of something. Anything. If this guy was drugged up, they couldn't afford to use any other chemicals in case they caused complications or ruined the autopsy later on.