I start getting an uneasy feeling every time that someone asks for a way to automate something. Zoning + queues are reasonable for the planet management screen. Queues on starbases combined with rallypoints are reasonable. Maybe a research queue. But I keep seeing new suggestions for things that people want to be automated, like what fleets should attack. And at some point, you're just going to be sitting there hitting the turn button. Is that fun? Should you even have to hit the turn button at that point? Frankly, it's a little worrisome to me.
I guess where I'm going with this is, what do you want to be spending your game time on?