Completed steps up to downloading forge universal jar for 1.8-1.12.

Next step is processing the version.json and transforming it into a deliverable module.

package-lock.json

@@ -96,6 +96,14 @@
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       }
     },
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/axios/-/axios-0.19.1.tgz",
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+      "requires": {
+        "follow-redirects": "1.5.10"
+      }
+    },
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       "version": "1.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/balanced-match/-/balanced-match-1.0.0.tgz",
@@ -195,6 +203,14 @@
       "integrity": "sha1-2Klr13/Wjfd5OnMDajug1UBdR3s=",
       "dev": true
     },
+    "debug": {
+      "version": "3.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/debug/-/debug-3.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-OX8XqP7/1a9cqkxYw2yXss15f26NKWBpDXQd0/uK/KPqdQhxbPa994hnzjcE2VqQpDslf55723cKPUOGSmMY3g==",
+      "requires": {
+        "ms": "2.0.0"
+      }
+    },
     "decamelize": {
       "version": "1.2.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/decamelize/-/decamelize-1.2.0.tgz",
@@ -238,6 +254,14 @@
         "path-exists": "^4.0.0"
       }
     },
+    "follow-redirects": {
+      "version": "1.5.10",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/follow-redirects/-/follow-redirects-1.5.10.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-0V5l4Cizzvqt5D44aTXbFZz+FtyXV1vrDN6qrelxtfYQKW0KO0W2T/hkE8xvGa/540LkZlkaUjO4ailYTFtHVQ==",
+      "requires": {
+        "debug": "=3.1.0"
+      }
+    },
     "fs-extra": {
       "version": "8.1.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fs-extra/-/fs-extra-8.1.0.tgz",
@@ -361,6 +385,11 @@
         "minimist": "0.0.8"
       }
     },
+    "ms": {
+      "version": "2.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ms/-/ms-2.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-VgiurfwAvmwpAd9fmGF4jeDVl8g="
+    },
     "once": {
       "version": "1.4.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/once/-/once-1.4.0.tgz",