Basic setup

groundwork for building out full installable
- add basic readme info
- set up `karma.conf.js`
- add `package.json` with rudimentary dependencies, test script, info
- add empty test files to be filled out
- create empty `index.js` module export
this isn't really the end client for any of our services though; more of a middle-man. it is a constructor of objects which specialize in requests to services on behalf of other modules(i.e. the true clients). the object is quite literally petitioning/soliciting our services in our client modules' steads