Capitalizing Titles of Characters?

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Capitalizing Titles of Characters?

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Nov 8, 2009 - 17 30

When typing the phrase 'second-in-command', as in,

"I've lost my second in command,"

should 'second' be capitalized?

I know that when referring to someone by a title, as in 'Second Silvani,' the Second should be capitalized, but I'm not certain of the other.
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Nov 8, 2009 - 17 40

I don't think it needs to be in that case.
It might be hyphenated, though... I'm not sure.

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Nov 8, 2009 - 17 42

In this case, no, it should not be capitalized, but it should be hyphenated (unless you're doing that deliberately to get more words).

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Okay, thanks!

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