Was Jill’s dad ever considered for a strike team, like Ember was? If he was, why didn’t he serve? Even short range power blocking seems like it could be incredibly useful to a strike team.

emeralddodge:

All people in the camps are evaluated on powers and personality. Jill and her father were knocked out on the latter; Toby is just a jerk who was deemed likely to argue with his commander, and Jill was determined to be too independent.