QUOTE (Bittah Commander @ Jun 15 2008, 09:17 AM)

Meh, C&C3 is to be ignored IMO.
Anyway, during the TS campaign Vega took the Scrinship (which Nod built at the end of TD with information gotten from the Tacitus) and crashed it (Kane later drops a nuke on Vega's pyramid for this). GDI found the crash site, but after Nod did and when Nod got there, it turned out the mutants took the Tacitus from the ship. Nod then tries to destroy the Scrinship to keep GDI from researching it, which is when GDI has to fend off Nod and defend the Scrinship until reinforcements arrive.
Nod then disguises as GDI and attacks the mutants (so that GDI would be blamed) and takes the Tacitus back. GDI never gets their hands on the Tacitus in TS until the very end of the campaign after McNeil nailed Kane.
The EA games should also be counted even though as some of you would say there 'mucked' up there still part of the story line [SPOILERS FOR KANES WRATH],
After the disappearance of Kane GDI does take the Tacitus to a secure location in the Colorado mountain. Kane soon enough harnesses his cyborg army (Which was dormant after the second Tiberium war until he arrived) and sent troops to the facility in Colorado and retrieves the Tacitus after GDI has severely damaged it. Oh then a cliff hanger