Locals recruit a returned veteran to rescue friend/sister/daughter from maruaders...
I've used this twice, it was inspired by old John Wayne movie, were the enemy were Apaches. A Maruader group has captured a women (or two). The family or friends are basicly average Joes, they know about a returned veteran Marine GySgt (or something) who they can pay to help them rescure her/them, but he will only go if they back him up.
Make one session the finding and hiring, one the recon and intell collection, and the third the raid to rescure the ladies and escape with them.
A different objective might be for the characters, to scout out a route to lead a bunch of non-combatants across a hostile landscape/away from a major battle.
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