[Small side note I should have mentioned with the last one, all the people in this, so far, are based of real people I knew at the time, as this started as kinda ..one long inside joke. Hopefully that doesn't leave you too confused.]

Chapter One

Location: a ship in high orbit...
Warren leans forward in the command chair with a deep sigh, then looks over at his sister who is sitting at one of the consoles to his right.
"Kara, did you even push the button?"
"Yes! It just takes a bit to 'port them all up here. Seven people scattered across the Earth is not an easy job, and this automation code you wrote doesn't do anything good for the teleport speed, let me tell ya. HELPED write I should say."
Warren stands up to get a drink and when he returns with his soda, he pops the tab and points the finger at Kara.
"Could you have done it without Caine and a room full of other Techs at Stargate Command?"
She shakes her head.
"Ha, thought not."
A light fills the bridge, then seven wide-eyed gamers appear. Warren seems ready to say something but stops, loosing his normal smile. Taking a firm stance, making a broad sweeping motion with his hand, he announces "Welcome... To the Aries.."After a moment of stares, he breaks down laughing "Shatner? Come on, anyone?... Sorry, I had to do that. ANYWAY, Kara, is everyone here?"

She gets an evil grins, then says in a sing-song voice.
"All but one."
Her hand hovers over a button. As the seven freaked out gamers stand there, staring at their new surroundings and twitching, Warren dives at Kara screaming, "NO!"
He falls on his face as the others point and laugh, suddenly in a daze but it passes as quick as it came while SoE and Caine help him up, and he walks over to where the girls are now standing. The boys look over to see on the girls' faces the kind of grin that sends a chill up and down a man's spine. All the men in the room say in one voice,"What'd you do?"

Both of the girls point at a screen showing a very dazed looking Af sitting in a chair holding an Xbox controller. Kara waves a hand to calm her brother down.
"Don't worry, he's locked in a room for now."
Warren glances at the control panel."Which room?"
Kara looks down "The weapons con..." She goes bug-eyed and slams a button, Af vanishes and then appears on a new screen "...the mess hall." Alex smiles, nodding, "smart move. So...why'd you beam him up?"
Kara gets that grin again,"For Warren to play with."
Warren thinks for a moment then gets a grin of his own "Hey guys, he has no idea what's going on or who's behind it...anyone thinking what I am thinking? ...Nah, that'd be too evil. Let's head to the mess hall, say 'Hi' to Af and get some food and then I'll tell you why you're all here."

Location: The Aries mess hall...
While gathered around the captain's table, everyone enjoying the meal and talking about the fun they have had in the past online and the fun they should have in the future, even though most have never met face to face before today.
Captain Wolfe stands up, and puts his hands in the air to get everyone to quiet down so he can speak.
"Now, I know you're all having fun, but there is something we need to talk about. The reason you are here."
After walking over to a screen set in the wall and pulling up an file, a dark swirling mass appears on the screen.
"This is a rift in space time continuum. It is outside of our galaxy, near the edge of the Pegasus galaxy. We are not sure how it opened or where it leads, and that's where we come in. SGC and their nanny, the Internation Oversight Advisory, want it scanned, they have this ship, but no crew for it. Caine..." He points to the amazingly young boy next to him, "...and I helped program for this ship, so I said we'd make the run with a few coders we know. That way we can make changes on the fly as needed. The algorithyms we are testing are some automation updates to make it so a ship's whole crew can leave in fighters or whatever and the ship will jump away, and jump back when called. Anyone want to come?"
The hands of everyone in the room fling up too fast to see.
"Good! Your families will be told you're joining a Think Tank in... Texas, and you will be beamed down to get some of your clothes, computers, games, say goodbye and the like. Not sure how long this trip will take, but flying there will take about 2 weeks. Well, you'll beam down in a bit, and the ship will...er...um..sail? In the morning. See you then."