Is CarbonAde just one project that you're all working on (all the people who've been making threads), or are you all competing to finish the project first in your class?
There's not really one simple way to do what you're after... To make a simple 'beam of light', you could try using code like this:
make object cylinder 1, 100
scale object 1, 80, 500, 80
texture object 1, 1 (or whatever light texture you're using!)
ghost object on 1, 1
That's just a very simple effect, and it doesn't look great, but it might be what you're after! To have it carrying you away, you'd need to do that yourself with camera commands most probably...
Good luck, let us know if you have any more problems
