I have several starbases (military, economic) but they dont have any modules. There is no weapons or defense on them. The upgrade selection is grayed out and I cant seem to build any modules. What tech am I missing? Im well over a year in the game and thought I researched several modules.

Also, how do I have a ship automatically move to a planet or someplace that takes several turns to get there. Every turn I have to manually move my ships. I tried waypoints but I only have None or Homeworld.