Colonel Maxwell Newbold was the leader of a group of Firethorn mercenaries who were tasked with stealing nuclear missiles from Karl Rask. After Osman Xasan Muhamad and his pirates raided the Barataria, Osman contacted Newbold, requesting assistance. Newbold berated Osman for taking so long to find the missiles, but eventually he had Pilar Sánchez assist the pirates so they could find the warheads. Unfortunately, Osman and his crew were killed by Jack Bauer, and Newbold and his team of mercenaries were forced to steal the missiles themselves. Once retrieved, Newbold's group took the missiles to their compound, where Sánchez inspected them and discovered that they had been damaged. Impatient, Newbold kept pushing Sánchez to tell him how long it would take to modify the missiles, and she told