Yeah, but now the entire Earth is destroyed; we can never go back to Stilwater, Steelport, anywhere on Earth. Now, Volition have set the game series up for us to just venture into space. It also means the likes of Dex, Killbane, Angel, Viola, Tobias and Laura, Troy, Legal Lee and every character we ever knew is dead. All the NPCS from Steelport survived since they were abducted, but everyone else is dead.
That scene with Oleg and Birk though confused me a lot; doesn't Oleg hate Birk, and why would they just have a drink in broad daylight when they know the aliens could kidnap them, and they know their friends have been kidnapped? Stranger and stranger.