Richard

[Lost-N-Detroit]

If there's a scene (similar to Jedi) at the end of LOST with all of a suden every soul that dies on island appear at some huge feast, well I'll....I'llll

OMG   

[Staggerlee]

...well I'll....I'llll

walk around to all the four toed ones and brag how you can count to twenty....?....

[Laklost]

If there's a scene (similar to Jedi) at the end of LOST with all of a suden every soul that dies on island appear at some huge feast, well I'll....I'llll

OMG   

This would be the Jump the Ewok version of Lost.  Dangit, if they do this....

[LostinLock]

I don't believe Richard is rounding up the troops per se.  If Richard is who I believe he is then he doesn't have to do that.  His team will always be prepared. 

As for shooting Keamy in the back, please, it doesn't make him a wimp.  The writers wrote it that way. 

Also perhaps Ben learned how to manipulate from Richard.  If we recall and this will also be another point, Ben was a child when he met Richard.  So learn at the hand of the master.

As for Richard not aging I don't believe it was due to time travelling.  He looks the same when Ben was a young boy. 

I have mentioned that Richard is an emissary of the island, and I will stick with that statement.  But as his role, I am not sure.  He is a smart man and acts with swiftness when required.  His access to information is not limited, going back to the file on James given to Locke.  He knows when to step back and stay in the shadows.

Perhaps shooting Keamy in the back was calculated.  Don't you think Richard was smart enough to figure out that Keamy maybe wearing body armour?  With hopes and knowledge that Keamy would take out Ben and then some things would not happen?

Just a thought and necessarily a well thought, but just an idea..