Time: Unknown (Around the time that Gat Out of Hell would start in canon)
Saints Empire Fleet
Saints Empire Mothership Saint of All Saints

The science group was at work trying to successfully open a portal to the past. More specifically, to before Zinyak and his troops attacked (i.e. before the events of The Saints Wing). So far, all attempts had failed. Then again, that makes sense when you have two or three people working with technology regarding time travel.

Matt: The data provided is only sufficient for transporting one ship at a time through the tunnel.

Matt had been the leader of the techno-goth Deckers back when the Syndicate was still around (prior to the events of http://deckers.die). However, he changed after leaving the Syndicate, becoming one of the Saints' most invaluable allies during the fight against Zinyak. Now, they were out to ensure that Zinyak never reaches Earth in the first place. Unfortunately, that was about to change.

Matt: "Anomaly detected?" That can't be right. Let me have a look at thi-

And then, just like that, Saint of All Saints had vanished, along with three of its escorts. The only question is, "where did they go?"

Unknown Location, Unknown Time
Saints Empire Ship Reynolds

The Reynolds. Named after the late mayor of Steelport, it was originally used to launch an assault on Russia. Now, it serves as an escort ship for the Saint of All Saints. Pierce Washington, the captain of the Reynolds and liutenant of the Saints, tried to hail the rest of the fleet. Unfortunately, the only ship that answered was Shaundi's ship, the Steelport.

Pierce: Shaundi, talk to me.

Shaundi: Matt isn't responding to my calls, and neither is the Boss. Looks like we have the only two ships capable of doing anything right now.

Pierce: Hey, uh, Shaundi?

Shaundi: Yeah?

Pierce: You might wanna look at this.

Shaundi looked outside and saw a planet that seemed barren. But the city lights below them meant it was inhabited.

Shaundi: Holy shit. Pierce, where the hell are we?

Pierce: Hell if I know! Nobody else here is responding to our calls, so the only thing we can do is scout the planet below.

Shaundi: How are we going to do that? Our UFOs stand out like a flower in a desert!

Pierce: What if we send some UFOs down to the more barren areas? We could scout from afar.

Shaundi: Pierce, if this doesn't work, then so help me-

Pierce: Is that a yes?

Shaundi just sighed.

Shaundi: Yes.

Pierce: Alright.

He then announced over the intercoms:

Pierce: Attention! We will be sending some UFOs down to scout the planet below. Do not get where anyone can see you!

Shortly afterwards, several <Voids> departed from the Reynolds.

The <Void> is the go-to attack and scouting aircraft of the Saints Empire and the Zin Empire that preceded it. It looks similar to a horseshoe crab, has VTOL capabilities, and is armed with laser cannons and energy missiles.

As the UFOs cut through the clouds, the pilots steeled themselves. This was the first time that many of them had ever gone down to a planet's surface, while it was the first time since Earth for others. Eventually, they got below the clouds, revealing the barren wasteland below.

Saints Void Pilot 1: Holy hell, everything looks so dead here!

Zin Void Pilot 1: Who would want to live on a planet like this?

Saints Void Pilot 2: Not entirely sure, but we need to keep scouting.

Zin Pilot 2: Look! There's a city over there!

They all looked toward the city in question, which looked only slightly better.

Saints Void Pilot 1: Yeah, no. I prefer space.

Zin Pilot 2: Well, I guess scouting is-

Suddenly, something lunged at the pilots.

Zin Void Pilot 1: WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT THING?! (Shout-out next chapter if you get the reference)

OBJECTIVE UPDATED: KILL THE CREATURE

Saints Void Pilot 2: Who the fuck cares? BRING IT DOWN!

All of the Voids fired at the thing simultaneously.

(Pretend it's the Voids firing at the creature)

The creature stood no chance. The lasers ripped through the thing like it was made of paper.

Saints Void Pilots 3 & 4: Target down.

Zin Void Pilot 3: Let's get back to the Reynolds.

The Voids immediately shot upwards towards space to avoid anyone seeing them and connecting them to the creature that they had just turned into a trypophobia trigger.

Timeskip

Boss: Talk to me, Pierce.

Pierce: Boss, you're awake!

Boss: Hell yeah, I'm awake. Now what the hell is going on?!

Shaundi: We seem to be above an inhabited planet, but it's not Earth.

Boss: Come again?

Pierce: Inhabited world like Earth, but it's not Earth. I sent some UFOs down to do some scouting from where nobody could see them. Speaking of which...

The Voids approached the Reynolds.

Pierce: Watchu got for me, pilots?

Zin Void Pilot 2: There is a major city near where we started our scouting. However, we were attacked by what looked like a giant monster.

Saints Void Pilot 1: And no, sir, it wasn't Paul.

Zin Void Pilot 1: It looked like a distant relative of that Slenderman thing that was all over on the internet. Something the Zin don't canonically have any knowledge of.

Pierce: Well, that's most certainly creepy...

Boss: Pierce, I'm going down there.

Pierce: Wearing what? Your armor?!

Boss: Don't worry. I've got it all covered.

With that, the Nebucha-Normandy (The Ship from the game) departed from the Saint of All Saints.

Shortly after reaching the ground, Boss stepped out wearing his Mr. President outfit.

(Just the one in the middle)

He pressed a button hidden underneath the right sleeve of his suit, and a ZPD Oppressor appeared (see Boss chapter for ZPD Oppressor). He climbed in, and took off towards the city, a shit-eating grin on his face.

Boss: Looks like we're in a new world. Guess we'll have to show this world how the Saints Empire rolls!

SEE YOU NEXT TIME...