[Arkcon]

Now if you build said transports, and pick the planet to load cargo (population or units) from and a place to specific place to drop the cargo, you can just hit the repeat orders button, and have the orders repeated again and again.

That's the non-minister way. It's still micromanagement, but there's less mouse clicking. Working out a sopisticated chain of planets, so you can control a vast empire, can be fun.