The titular Victory Gundam was not supposed to appear in the first episode, but things were obviously reordered so it would end with the V Gundam's first fight. In 2nd ep, Shakti recounts the chronological order of events as a flashback. At least Tomino made this... functional.
Macross 30 will be nine years old next month (released February 28th, 2013) but anyways do you remember how Sheryl is actually like a quarter Polynesian.