Captain Pilar Sánchez was a Firethorn mercenary working for Maxwell Newbold. She was also an engineer responsible for repairing and reconfiguring two nuclear missiles. Sánchez contacted Jibríl after Osman Xasan Muhamad needed help finding the container carrying the nuclear missiles aboard the Barataria. Although Sánchez succeeded in aiding Osman's pirates, all of them were killed by Jack Bauer. Once Newbold and his mercenaries stole the missiles themselves and took them to their compound, Sánchez personally opened the container holding the missiles and inspected them. She informed Newbold that the missiles were still operational, but had been damaged during the delivery. Because of the damage, Sánchez had to spend three hours repairing the missiles and running a systems check. Before she c