REing the base item will give you a chance at learning one of three Prototype recipes
* Critical Heavy Thermal Belt (111 Armor, +10 Strength, +5 Endurance, +3 Crit)
* Overkill Heavy Thermal Belt (111 Armor, +10 Strength, +5 Endurance, +3 Power)
* Redoubt Heavy Thermal Belt (111 Armor, +10 Strength, +5 Endurance, +3 Defense)
If you build those items and RE them enough, each has 5 Artifact level recipes available. The Artifact recipe has 127 Armor and the same stats as the Prototype it's based on plus an additional +3 to fourth stat (found in parenthesis):
* Critical leads to "Leadership" (+ Presence), "Tempest" (+ Shield), "Fervor" (+ Accuracy), "Endowment" (+ Surge), and "Supremacy" (+ Alacrity)
* Overkill leads to "Commander" (+ Presence), "Rampart" (+ Shield), "Hawkeye" (+ Accuracy), "Expert" (+ Surge), and "Vehemence" (+ Alacrity)
* Redoubt leads to "General" (+ Presence), "Veracity" (+ Shield), "Exactitude" (+ Accuracy), "Anti-Armor" (+ Surge), and "?" (+ Alacrity)
There's an excellent guide to REing on the swtor communities board...http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=45866
(Alternative) Blue version discovered through reverse engineering
Overkill Heavy Thermal Belt
111 Armor
+10 Strength
+5 Endurance
+3 Power
Crafting Materials = 2 Rubat Crystals + 2 Terenthium