There is an auto-resolve if that is what you mean.

Exactly, I would like  to automatically track down and attack enemy ships within range.  It was option on GC1&2 so why not on GC3

Yeah he's right that was one feature galactic civilizations had. That galactic would benefit to have.

Our producer is now aware that this is a requested feature but not sure if or when it can be implemented.

And when you are at it: make it finally possible to set waypoints for your ships and fleets.

That is especially necessary with exploring: I explore mostly manually because the auto exploring logic seems ineffective and erratic to me. So I don't want ships to go from A to B only, but they should also cover as much unknown space in between as possible. Currently that forces me to issue orders nearly every turn if said ship travel through partly explored space so with waypoints that would save me a lot (lot; lot!) of micromanagement.