I've tried to modify the objectives to some quests (specifically the first part of azhag's crown of sorcery quest where you have to get an agent up near the top of the map, which takes a very long time if you aren't up in the mountains already), with no success. Simply changing the values in cdir_events_mission_option_junctions (index 779 if anyone wants to try it themselves) to a closer region caused the quest to not fire altogether. Does anyone know how to subvert the requirements to send units all the way across the map?