In a new high watermark for unreliable narration, it seems that the universe of Space Dandy is a universe at war, with two factions - the Gogol and Jaicro empires - duking it out while trying to develop the super-weapons that will give them the upper hand in this conflict.
Not that any of this is much more than tangentially related to Dandy and company's adventures, as an issue with the Aloha Oe