luke

I have a question. Been looking throught the thread and I cant find it ... dont know if it has never been ask or if I missed it when looking. In the Macross TV series Hikaru out ranks Max but in DYRL max out ranks Hikaru. I know that DYRL was a movie for the people in the TV series and that is confirmed in Macross 7 when they mention Mimmay and a movie about 35yrs in the past. Was it ever explained why they desided for Max pass Hikaru in rank?