Time Drift from the Law of Creation: a parameter-free derivation of cosmic age and Hubble probe-projection in Quantum Traction Theory

Result. Inside the axiomatic core of Quantum Traction Theory (QTT), and adopting the paper's trace-channel reading of the A3 creation source, the leading homogeneous Time-Drift closure yields a parameter-free correction δ_cre^(0) = π/48 = 3.75° on top of the fixed two-clock projection I_clk = cos(π/8). The combined absolute-to-laboratory clock map factorises into three structurally distinct faces — Time Tilt, Time Drift, Time Dilation.

Numerical content. Given the QTT ABC ledger value T_0 = 15.4 Gyr, the laboratory cosmic age follows as t_0 = T_0 cos(7π/48) = 13.81 Gyr, differing from the Planck pipeline central value 13.797 ± 0.023 Gyr by 0.015 Gyr (about 0.65 Planck statistical standard deviations) before propagating any uncertainty in T_0. The probe-dependent Hubble field H_0^(P) = H_τ0 / C_P with H_τ0 = 1/T_0 = 63.49 km/s/Mpc generates the falsifiable Hubble ordering H_0^CMB < H_0^BAO/chron ≲ H_0^old-stellar < H_0^Cepheid/SF.

Headline empirical discriminator. A theorem-conditional host-type fractional-gap prediction Δ_host ≈ 3.17% between old-stellar (TRGB/JAGB) and star-forming (Cepheid) ladders calibrated on a common SN Ia sample. The current literature gap is 3.76% (Riess 2022 vs Freedman 2025). ΛCDM and QTT make opposite forward predictions on the same data: convergence to <1% as systematics tighten falsifies QTT current prediction; persistence at 3–5% falsifies the ΛCDM expectation of host-type independence at the systematic floor. Decided by SH0ES/CCHP/JWST data over the next ~5 years.

Falsifiers. Five dated, decisive falsifiers (May 2026 through 2031 data-release cycle): cosmic-age inconsistency at Δχ²≥9; host-gap collapse to <1%; creation drift in radiation regime; better dark-fluid w(z) global fit at Δχ²≥9; high-z DESI/Euclid/Roman discrimination favouring de Sitter q→−1.

Scope. The paper isolates one parameter-free angle and traces what it implies. It does not derive the QTT axioms (cited via Zenodo DOI 10.5281/zenodo.17527179), does not propose a new dark-energy equation of state, and does not fit any cosmological data.