I second this. Having this as a downloadable pack on rpgnow for free would be great. Or maybe add it to the season 5 download files pack. It can be hard for me to get people to sit down and build a character. Its a lot easier for me to get people to play when I can say. Here, you can be the big orc guy with a sword and gun, the punky drone girl, or the wiz decker....this guy already picked the mage.
Once they get a hang of the rules, then I spring character gen on them. Getting a player new to RPGs, or even new to SR, to build a character for their first run can be almost impossible. Particularly if they don't have the book.